Vocabulary – Marissa Campbell

Gloaming

by Marissa CampbellAvelynn, G June 4, 2015No Comments

Gloaming: Evening twilight; shade or dusky light; or even as an adjective as in: gloaming-sky, gloaming-hour, etc. If you are of Scots heritage, you may recognize this word. I first heard it at one of my husband’s family gatherings. It was part of a poem: ‘roamin’ in the gloamin’. At the time, I’d no idea …

You Draggle-tailed Bicche!

by Marissa CampbellA Writer's Musings, D April 12, 2015No Comments

Draggle To wet or befoul (a garment, etc.) by allowing it to drag through mire or wet grass, or to hang untidily in the rain; to make wet, limp, and dirty. Draggle-tail A draggle-tailed person; a woman whose skirts are wet and draggled, or whose dress hangs about her untidily and dirty; a slut. Oh, …

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