{"id":524,"date":"2020-07-20T19:36:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T19:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/?p=524"},"modified":"2020-07-21T15:59:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T15:59:56","slug":"brevi-a-combining-form-meaning-short-used-in-the-formation-of-compound-words-brevirostrate-dictionary-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/2020\/07\/20\/brevi-a-combining-form-meaning-short-used-in-the-formation-of-compound-words-brevirostrate-dictionary-com\/","title":{"rendered":"brevi = a combining form meaning \u201cshort,\u201d used in the formation of compound words: brevirostrate. (dictionary.com)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7-20-2020-bookcase-1-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7-20-2020-bookcase-1-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7-20-2020-bookcase-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7-20-2020-bookcase-1-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7-20-2020-bookcase-1-1536x870.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7-20-2020-bookcase-1-477x270.jpg 477w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7-20-2020-bookcase-1.jpg 1848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block\" style=\"font-weight: normal;font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3\"><strong><em>Brevipoem<\/em><\/strong> by Barbara Helvey Hughes<br>\u00a0<br>Today I sit, here, in my study<br>doodle and write, chase words, get out my<br>college dictionary with yellowed<br>pages and broken spine ~ discover<br>subtle meanings and origins and<br>attempt to trace those elusive words \u00a0<br>back home to when words possessed meaning.<br>\u00a0<br>Middle English pronunciations<br>charge my imagination and guide<br>me to invent new ways to use old<br>words ~ nouns will get acted upon and<br>become verbs, odd word pairings morph to<br>begin their lives as new expressions<br>so my language emerges fuller:<br>more.\u00a0 And as they tickle or tangle<br>my tongue, as they tumble and stumble<br>out through my lips, I watch them take new<br>command of long ago expressives.<br>\u00a0<br>See how that adjective becomes a noun?<br>In the right (or, left) brain everything<br>be wilderlisciously wonderful!<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>Love is the language spoken here.<br>4-17-2020\/7-20-2020<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you even imagine how children felt when they received a copy of Beatrice Potters small, intimate &#8220;hide-away&#8221; books, just the right size to fit in their young hands or a small pocket?! 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