1.) Going through SJ's Dictionary Online and stumble upon "abbey-lubber" which, I'm sorry to say, I had not heard before. Anyway, new insult of choice for the mome.
2.) Trying to listen to a CD per day of Deutsche Harmonia Mundi's 50th Anniversary Edition. Started today, listened to a) Fransesco Durante's Magnificant, b) Emanuel d'Astorga's Stabat Mater and c) Pergolesi's Confitebor tibi Domine.
Addendum #1: "Addle-pated": One who is addle-brained.
Addendum #2: "Adipous": Fatty; adipose: of, relating to, or composed of animal fate.
Addendum #3: "Afflatus": A divine imparting of knowledge/power; inspiration
Addendum #4: Alamire
Addendum #5: Tippler: Someone who engages in social drinking. Also, a type of pigeon.
Addendum #6: Alloquy: address to another, conversation ( soliloquy)
The Choplogic proposal for most-melodic word in the English language: alluvium
Thanks Wikipedia: The word amaranth comes from the Greek word amarantos,
meaning "unwithering". The word was applied to amaranth because it did
not soon fade and so symbolized immortality. "Amarant" is a more
correct, albeit archaic form, chiefly used in poetry. The current
spelling, amaranth, seems to have come from folk etymology that assumed the final syllable derived from the Greek word anthos ("flower"), common in botanical names.
http://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/?page_id=7070&i=119
