Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #42

(a compendium of queer words for the modern fag with a passion for the Middle Ages added hebdomadally on the Sabbath day)

42.) Roric
-adjective

a.) Of or pertaining to dew; resembling dew; dewy.*

[Origin: from the Latin ros, roris meaning “dew.”]

*Members of the tribe will relate to the charming roric expression “dewy-eyed” and may have even caught a not so naive glimpse of “dew on the lily” in their various romps.

Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #41

(a compendium of queer words for the modern fag with a passion for the Middle Ages added hebdomadally on the Sabbath day)

41.) Iridian
-adjective

a.) Of or pertaining to the colors of the rainbow.*

b.) Of or pertaining to the iris of the eye.

c.) A grey, granitic stone found in North America.

[Origin: from Latin iris meaning "rainbow."]

*Nowadays many establishments fly an iridian flag to indicate their welcome to members of the tribe.

Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #40

(a compendium of queer words for the modern fag with a passion for the Middle Ages added hebdomadally on the Sabbath day)

40.) Laeotropic
-adjective

a.) Turning or spiraling to the left.*

b.) Oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as in the sinistral whorls in some gastropod shells.

[Origin: a combination of the Greek laiós meaning “left” and tropikós meaning “pertaining to a turn” or “turning.”]

*Sufis always turn to the left in their ecstatic dances due to their belief that the universe is laeotropic. It is my guess that faerie roundels also turn innately to the left.

Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #39

(a compendium of queer words for the modern fag with a passion for the Middle Ages added hebdomadally on the Sabbath day)

39.) Ludibund
-adjective

a.) Playful or frolicsome.*

[Origin: From the Latin ludibundus meaning "playing" or "frolicking" derived from the verb ludere, "to play."]

*The quintessence of faerie behaviour when left to its natural devices.

Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #38

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38.) Abature
-noun singular

a.) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.*

[Origin: from French abatture, from the verb abattre, “to beat down” or “crush.”]

*The hunting of an elusive, unique, and solitary beast such as the white stag, roebuck, or unicorn through the thicket is a theme of great poetic import that began connected to ancient moon-goddess worship (as pointed out by Robert Graves in his book, The White Goddess) and was hungrily assimilated into medieval Christian symbolism. A faerie will relate to the idea of seeking a personal cloister, perhaps among the apple trees just as the fabled beast did, and to the crushing feeling that there may not even be a single soul out there with a certain likeness to his own.