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Monday 30 July 2018

Spot the Frippet: something acronychal.

(You say this ayKRONiKL (and in the USA it's spelled without the H).)

So, what can we spot that's acronychal?

Well, this:

File:Venus globe.jpg
photo by NASA*

and this:

File:Starling Murmuration - RSPB Minsmere (21446738793).jpg
murmuration of starlings at Minsmere, England. Photo by Airwolfhound

and this:

File:Gin Tonic 5.jpg
photo of a gin and tonic by Achim Schleuning

So: do you know what acronychal means, yet?

Here's something else:

File:Ocelot.jpg
Ocelot. Photo by Tom Smylie US Fish and Wildlife Service

Something acronychal is something that's seen at sunset.

Enjoy it, whatever it is!

Spot the Frippet: something acronychal. This word comes from the Greek akronychos, at sunset, from acro-, which means most, or beginning, and nyx, which means night.

*That's an image of the planet Venus.





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