Nov. 10th, 2011

sparsile

Nov. 10th, 2011 07:39 am
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sparsile (SPAR-seyel) - adj., of a star, not included in any constellation.


Only used in 1891, meaning not that it was lost but that it never caught on, but I still think it's pretty darn good. Sample sentence: "The prevalence of sparsile stars today reflects technical advances in telescopy."

---L.

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