Always more paper. I’m tackling little piles now in preparation for the final assault on my archive files. And I came across more words to look up. And there’s a baseball game tonight (Astros vs. Yankees). Anyway, it’s a nice activity to pair with baseball viewing. Both are random tasks.

Anon, anon.

I forgot: i had a Board meeting to attend. So it’s late now, but the game is still on and i’m here.

buccal, adjective technical: relating to the cheek: the buccal side of the molars. • relating to the mouth: the buccal cavity.

ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Latin bucca ‘cheek’ + -al.

crapulous crapulent: adjective literary: relating to the drinking of alcohol or drunkenness. DERIVATIVES crapulence noun, crapulous adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from late Latin crapulentus ‘very drunk’, from Latin crapula ‘inebriation’, from Greek kraipalē ‘drunken headache’

coulisse noun: a flat piece of scenery at the side of the stage in a theatre. • (the coulisses) the spaces between the flat pieces of scenery at the side of a stage; the wings. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: French, feminine of coulis ‘sliding’, based on Latin colare ‘to flow’.

cupreous adjective: of or like copper. stained green with cupreous patina. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from late Latin cupreus (from cuprum ‘copper’) + -ous.

tantamount (I KNOW THS WORD and I LOVE IT) adjective (tantamount to) equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as: ““the resignations were tantamount to an admission of guilt.” ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from the earlier verb tantamount, amount to as much’, from Italian tanto montare .ee.

I’ve mentioned myriad before, It’s an adjective. We speak of myriad numbers, not myriads of numbers. On the other hand, look at couple—have you noticed what is being done to couple? Not often but just wait. I am seeing couple dogs, couple friends. Wrong. Couple is not an adjective.

Sigh. At least the Astros are winning—so far.

They won. but who knows?