molendinaceous

[prettygoodword]

molendinaceous (moh-len-di-NAR-ee-us) - adj., of, pertaining to, or resembling the sails of a windmill.


Also molendinarious. From Latin, from molendinum, a mill, from molere, to grind.

File this one under Department of There's A Word For That?.

---L.

Comments

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Yes but is it a fully molendinaceous novel, or only incidentally?

---L.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I'd estimate it was probably a ... 38 percent molendinaceous novel.

[jmeadows.livejournal.com]

That sounds about right. Even when windmills are not on screen, they're in thoughts.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Coo -- that's a pretty high Molendinaceousness Score. For modern literature, anyway.

---L.