apophoret

[prettygoodword]

apophoret - n., a gift given to celebrate the new year.


In honor of Rosh Hashanah, which starts/started at sundown tonight (depending on where you are). Often listed as [obs.], which seems a shame.

---L.

Comments

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

Fittingly followed, in my dictionary, by "apopthegm".

I promise to use "apophoret" in print at my first opportunity. A very fine word. Good name for a cat, too.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

An excellent name for a cat.

---L.

[janni.livejournal.com]

But it would have to be a cat acquired at the start of the new year.

On some calendar or other, anyway.