Sunday, November 09, 2014

word of the day: empyrean

The word of the day is empyrean:
1. the highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to contain the pure element of fire.
2. the visible heavens; the firmament. (dictionary.com



"Either we censure this smooth-talking Lavukistani upstart now or he'll soon be wagging his hindquarters through the empyrean and coaxing our susceptible queen into his wolf-drawn sylvan sleigh."

 - Karen Elizabeth Gordon, Out of the Loud Hound of Darkness: A Dictionarrative

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