As I was re-reading A Study in Scarlet for a bit of light reading, I realized that there are words in Sherlock Holmes that I still don't know meanings for :-( Here is the list to challenge the more erudite family members.
1) Sere
2) Lath
3) Bodkin
4) Bumptious
5) Minatory
1) Sere
2) Lath
3) Bodkin
4) Bumptious
5) Minatory
6 comments:
i know what bumptious means...proud/over-confident! Nanna used it on me once :-)
Minatory i know is menacing... possibly related to minotaur (not very sure though).
It should then read Minotory isn't it? It probably comes from a latin root.
Lath, as I told Krupa already, is a framework over which plastering is done--as in Lath and Plaster.
Bodkin is a sharp, hole making tool used by carpenters (kuthoosi it is called)-but then why the Luck of the Bodkins?
sere ?????
'Luck of the bodkins'- refers to bodkin as a surname, I think. I also did not know sere. Seems to be similar to sear, as in scorching.
Yes! it is a surname in one of the books by my all time fav author PGW.
hmm...yes it should have been minotory, which was why i wasn't very sure...
so bokdin is contextual?? what does bodkin mean now?
Mruduls- It is not contextual. It means now what it meant earlier- a sharp long pin.
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