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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--diablerie(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年11月08日10:22:07 星期三), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
diablerie (dee-AH-ble-ree, -ab-luh-) noun
1. Sorcery; witchcraft.
2. Representation of devils or demons, as in paintings or fiction.
3. Devilish conduct; deviltry.
[French, from Old French, from diable, devil, from Latin diabolus.]
"Gretchen is not as tender and delicate as one might wish, while
Mephistopheles is quite lacking in diablerie or malevolence at
Horenstein's leaden tempos."
Steven Haller, Overview: Franz Liszt, American Record Guide,
Jan 11, 1996.
This week's theme: words to mark Halloween.
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A man may be very industrious, and yet not spend his time well. There is no
more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of life getting
his living. -Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862)
Q: Some time ago you featured a quote about foo in AWAD. Could you resend it?
A: You may search the archives at http://wordsmith.org/awad/search.html
or browse them at http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html All the
words and quotes since the beginning of AWAD are available there.
Pronunciation:
http://wordsmith.org/words/diablerie.wav
http://wordsmith.org/words/diablerie.ram
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