raconteur

Dec. 1st, 2008 07:29 am
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raconteur - n., a person skilled at telling anecdotes and stories.


You want to have one of these at your dinner party, but not too many of them. From French, from Middle French raconter to tell, from Old French, from re- + aconter, to tell, count -- and thus a cognate of account.

---L.

Date: 2008-12-02 02:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] packbat.livejournal.com
Ha! I misunderstood the meaning of this word - I am glad to be corrected!

Date: 2008-12-02 02:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com
Misunderstood, how? Just curious.

---L.

Date: 2008-12-02 02:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] packbat.livejournal.com
Basically had the stereotypical "dashing rogue" as the image in mind - while the storytelling part is right, I imagine the connotation of someone you wouldn't let near the silverware is not.

Date: 2008-12-02 03:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com
Uh, yeah, the connotation of dangerous-to-silverware isn't in there. Dangerous-to-port can be, but often isn't intended.

---L.

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