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About this book
To untangle the knot of interlocking meanings of these painted words, logophile and mythologist Phil Cousineau begins each fascinating word entry with his own brief definition. He then fills it in with a tint of etymology and a smattering of quotes that show how the word is used, ending with a list of companion words. The words themselves range from commonplace — like biscuit, a twice-baked cake for Roman soldiers — to loanwords including chaparral, from the Basque shepherds who came to the American West; words from myths, such as hector; metamorphosis words, like silly, which evolved holy to goofy in a mere thousand years; and words well worthy of revival, such as carrytale, a wandering storyteller. Whether old-fangled or brand new, all the words included in The Painted Word possess an ineffable quality that makes them luminous.
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Table of Contents
Praise
BOOKS BY PHIL COUSINEAU
Title Page
Dedication
Praise
Acknowledgments
A PARABLE
Introduction
A
ABBEY-LUBBER
ABERRATION
ABOMINATION
ABSQUATULATE
ACHIEVE
AESTHETICS
ALLURE
ALOOF
ALPHABET
AMBROSIA
AMOK (MALAY)
ANALEMMA
APOCRYPHAL
ARABESQUE
ARGUS-EYED
ART
ASPERSION
ATELIER
ATTIC
AUTOLOGOPHAGIST
AVERAGE
AZURE (ARABIC)
B
BAFFLEGAB
BALK
BALL
BANSHEE
BASK
BAWDY
BEGUILE
BILLABONG (AUSTRALIAN)
BISCUIT
BLACKMAIL
BLIMP
BLOVIATE
BOGEYMAN
BONFIRE
BOOK
BOUQUET
BUTTERFLY
BUXOM
C
CAD
CAFARD (FRENCH)
CAFÉ BEDOUINS
CAMOUFLAGE
CANTER
CAPRICE
CARESS
CARIBOU (ALGONQUIAN)
CARNIVAL
CAROUSE
CAROUSEL
CARRYTALE
CATAPHILE (FRENCH)
CHAMPION
CHAPARRAL
CHARTREUSE
CHASTITUTE (IRISH)
CHECKMATE...
Table of contents
- Praise
- BOOKS BY PHIL COUSINEAU
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Praise
- Acknowledgments
- A PARABLE
- Introduction
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- AFTERTALE
- SOURCES AND RECOMMENDED READING
- NOTES ON THE ART WORK
- ABOUT THE ARTIST
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- TO OUR READERS
- Copyright Page