Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #97
September 27, 2009
(a compendium of queer words for the modern fag with a passion for the Middle Ages added hebdomadally on the Sabbath day)
97.) Umbles
-noun plural
a.) The entrails and coarser parts of a deer.
b.) Edible entrails of any animal.*
[Origin: From Middle English noumbles by way of the Old French nombles, originally from the Latin lumbulus, a diminuative of lumbus, meaning "loin."]
*Eating a humble meal of a deer’s, cow’s, or boar’s heart, liver, and/or other offal in the form of a pastry or pie which may or may not have given rise to the expression “to eat humble-pie” (or to apologize and face humiliation for a serious error) was standard fare for many of the common folk in the Middle Ages.
Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #96
September 20, 2009
(a compendium of queer words for the modern fag with a passion for the Middle Ages added hebdomadally on the Sabbath day)
96.) Glabrous
-adjective
a.) Smooth or hairless.*
[Origin: From Latin glaber meaning "smooth."]
*The long-standing preoccupation with smooth bodies, perhaps linked with a rampant youth obsession, should be quite familiar to members of the tribe.
Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #95
September 13, 2009
(a compendium of queer words for the modern fag with a passion for the Middle Ages added hebdomadally on the Sabbath day)
95.) Acersecomic
-noun singular
a.) One whose hair has never been cut.*
[Origin: from the Greek akersekomes, meaning "with unshorn hair."]
*Surely many of the legendary wild folk of the woods, known for their excessive shagginess, fall into this category. It was taboo to cut the hair of many early chiefs and kings, so many of them were acersecomics as well.
Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #94
September 6, 2009
(a compendium of queer words for the modern fag with a passion for the Middle Ages added hebdomadally on the Sabbath day)
94.) Eburnean
-adjective
a.) Made of or like ivory.*
b.) Ivory-colored.
[Origin: From Latin eburneus meaning "ivory." ]
*The horn of the unicorn, though typically considered to be eburnean (probably due to its association in the Middle Ages with the tusk of the narwhal), was originally described as red, white, and black by Ctesias (the origin of which most likely lies in its significance as an ancient calender symbol).
