Cat lovemaking sessions are not all that pleasant to overhear, particularly if you are sitting out on the front porch with two little yappy dogs. Luckily, they did not really know what to make of all the ruckus, and I managed to get them both back in to the house before all hell broke loose. This grey cat came acourtin' last night...we think it is a different grey cat than was hanging out here several weeks ago. It seems cats come and go, and Barney is the only one that has hung out for any length of time. We saw Barney this afternoon, but no sign of the grey cat, and no real indication that, if they were not courting, there was any damage done to Barney. No blood or scabs evident. I did get the rest of the great lawn cut this afternoon after I got home from work, so that will net need to be done again (I hope) for another couple weeks. Rain remains in the forecast, but not as likely as it was the last couple days.
Luculent -- Adjective. clear in thought or expression. lucid. The professor gave a
luculent introduction to quantum mechanics.
Did You Know? To shed light on the meaning of
luculent, you need only to look at its root - the Latin noun
lux, meaning "light." The English word first appeared in the 15th century with the meaning "brilliant" or "shining," as in "a lucent flame." By the mid-16th century, the "clear in thought or expression" sense had begun to shine, and by that century's end another sense was flickering with the meaning "illustrious" or "resplendent," as in Ben Johnson's 1599 description of a "most debonair and
luculent lady." Both the "illustrious" and the "emitting light" senses have fallen out of use, and even the "clear" sense is now rare. Today's writers seem to prefer to use another
lux descendent with a similar meaning:
lucid.
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