ā'vē- 'ə-rĭs
1. noun Immoderate envy of another's aviary (including its contents)
2. noun Envy of a fellow ornithologist's tick-list in a bird-spotting book
3. noun Generic term for one of a number of plastic-based rice substitutes served to economy class airline passengers
Equally, it could be one's favourite metrical foot. Frightening poetic works use Terrordactyls.
ReplyDeleteI do like this place for expanding my Folkabulary.
Dang - posted comment to wrong thing :x
ReplyDeleteAltho' for this one, an additional fourth meaning:
imperative: command to eat one's simple meal, spoken in an Australian or Cockney accent.