cervine / cervisial
cervine (SUR-vayn, SUR-vin) - adj., relating to or resembling deer.
cervisial (sur-VEE-see-uhl) - adj., relating to or resembling beer.
Oh what a difference those mirror image lowercase letters make. The former was coined in 1826 from Latin cervinus, of a deer, from cervus, stag/deer. The latter is a jocular late-18th century coinage from Latin cervisia, beer.
And that's the week in doublets. Back next week or two with the usual lexical sumgullion.
---L.
cervisial (sur-VEE-see-uhl) - adj., relating to or resembling beer.
Oh what a difference those mirror image lowercase letters make. The former was coined in 1826 from Latin cervinus, of a deer, from cervus, stag/deer. The latter is a jocular late-18th century coinage from Latin cervisia, beer.
And that's the week in doublets. Back next week or two with the usual lexical sumgullion.
---L.