correption
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prettygoodwordcorreption (ko-REP-shun) - n., chastisement, chiding, reproach.
A chewing out, a calling on the carpet, a proof of reproofs, and so on. Also, in Greek and Latin prodody, the shortening of a long vowel at the end of one word before a short vowel at the beginning of the next -- which only has meaning if you're used to working in quantitative meters, which English (and most modern European languages) do not, so never mind that. Both words come from the same Latin root, the participle of correpere, to seize, blame, which is com-, with (which acts as an intensifier) + rapere, to snatch away, grab. How this might be related to what a schoolmaster does to a schoolboy caught in the act is left as an exercise for the student.
---L.
A chewing out, a calling on the carpet, a proof of reproofs, and so on. Also, in Greek and Latin prodody, the shortening of a long vowel at the end of one word before a short vowel at the beginning of the next -- which only has meaning if you're used to working in quantitative meters, which English (and most modern European languages) do not, so never mind that. Both words come from the same Latin root, the participle of correpere, to seize, blame, which is com-, with (which acts as an intensifier) + rapere, to snatch away, grab. How this might be related to what a schoolmaster does to a schoolboy caught in the act is left as an exercise for the student.
---L.
