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He's really a cad, this cute little lad,
But he's rather too fond of the bottle:
(His health it'll skittle,
Perhaps not a little,
Though if not a little, a lot'll)
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Penchant n. strong inclination or liking; bent or taste (17 century: from F. from pencher to incline, from L pendere to be suspended)
Sunday, 11 August 2019
plANT
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He thinks he's just a strawberry plant,
So stands there taking root.
(We ought to put him straight, of course,
But really need the fruit!)
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Plant n. 1. any living organism that typically synthesizes its food from inorganic substances, lacks specialized sense organs, and has no powers of locomotion. 2. (often foll. by out) to set (seeds, crops, etc.) into (ground) to grow.
He thinks he's just a strawberry plant,
So stands there taking root.
(We ought to put him straight, of course,
But really need the fruit!)
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Plant n. 1. any living organism that typically synthesizes its food from inorganic substances, lacks specialized sense organs, and has no powers of locomotion. 2. (often foll. by out) to set (seeds, crops, etc.) into (ground) to grow.
poignANT
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I wish I could grow,
I'm tired of being low,
Being greeted with "hi!" is so wrong.
And when they say "hiya!"
I become even shyer,
And all I can say is "so long"
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Poignant adj. 1. sharply distressing or painful to the feelings. 2. to the point; cutting or piercing: poignant wit. 3. keen or pertinent in mental appeal: a poignant subject. 4. pungent in smell. (14th century: from OF, from L pungens pricking, from pungere to sting) - 'poignancy or 'poignance n. - 'poignantly adv.
I wish I could grow,
I'm tired of being low,
Being greeted with "hi!" is so wrong.
And when they say "hiya!"
I become even shyer,
And all I can say is "so long"
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Poignant adj. 1. sharply distressing or painful to the feelings. 2. to the point; cutting or piercing: poignant wit. 3. keen or pertinent in mental appeal: a poignant subject. 4. pungent in smell. (14th century: from OF, from L pungens pricking, from pungere to sting) - 'poignancy or 'poignance n. - 'poignantly adv.
protuberANT
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She once had a figure
To everyone's taste,
But now they just snigger
For it's all gone to waist.
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Protuberant adj. swelling out; bulging. (17the century: from LL protuberare to swell, from PRO- + tuber swelling) - pro'tuberance or pro'tuberancy n. - pro'tuberantly adv.
She once had a figure
To everyone's taste,
But now they just snigger
For it's all gone to waist.
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Protuberant adj. swelling out; bulging. (17the century: from LL protuberare to swell, from PRO- + tuber swelling) - pro'tuberance or pro'tuberancy n. - pro'tuberantly adv.
radiANT
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She's on TV
For all to see,
And how she seems to love it.
(She's not on screen,
But might have been,
As now she's just above it)
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Radiant adj. 1. sending out rays of light; bright; shining. 2. characterized by health, happiness, etc.: a radiant smile. 3. emitted or propagated by or as radiation; radiated: radiant heat. 4. sending out heat by radiation: a radiant heater. (15th century: from L radiare to shine, from radius ray of light)
She's on TV
For all to see,
And how she seems to love it.
(She's not on screen,
But might have been,
As now she's just above it)
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Radiant adj. 1. sending out rays of light; bright; shining. 2. characterized by health, happiness, etc.: a radiant smile. 3. emitted or propagated by or as radiation; radiated: radiant heat. 4. sending out heat by radiation: a radiant heater. (15th century: from L radiare to shine, from radius ray of light)
redcurrANT
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If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,
So's an ant (if the currants are black).
But I hear the amount
In the currant account's
In the red, so take the ant back!
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Redcurrant n. 1. a N temperate shrub having greenish flowers and small edible rounded red berries. 2. a. the fruit of this shrub. Yummily tangy. b. (as modifier): redcurrant jelly.
If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,
So's an ant (if the currants are black).
But I hear the amount
In the currant account's
In the red, so take the ant back!
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Redcurrant n. 1. a N temperate shrub having greenish flowers and small edible rounded red berries. 2. a. the fruit of this shrub. Yummily tangy. b. (as modifier): redcurrant jelly.
redundANT
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A worker who was laid off his work
Once ranted and went quite berserk,
Then to add to his ills
All the hospital bills
Just made the poor worker berserker.
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Redundant adj. 1. surplus to requirements; unnecessary or superfluous. 2. verbose ot tautological. 3. deprived of one's job because it is no longer necessary. (17th century: from L redundans overflowing, from redundare to stream over; see REDOUND) - re'dundantly adv.
A worker who was laid off his work
Once ranted and went quite berserk,
Then to add to his ills
All the hospital bills
Just made the poor worker berserker.
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Redundant adj. 1. surplus to requirements; unnecessary or superfluous. 2. verbose ot tautological. 3. deprived of one's job because it is no longer necessary. (17th century: from L redundans overflowing, from redundare to stream over; see REDOUND) - re'dundantly adv.
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