word to the wise and/or not so wise from the latter
LUCIFACTION: vivid coinage from Marilynne Robinson's novel Housekeeping; suggests the coruscating* reflections of light on a body of water: "Set apart from the drifts and tides and LUCIFACTIONS of the open water, the surface of the bay seemed almost viscous...."
*CORUSCATING: emitting vivid flashes of light; sparkling, scintillating, gleaming.
Note from submitter Gr. Barb: I couldn't find LUCIFACTION in any of my dictionaries, but the internet came through. Next time you're on or in view of a body of water - other than the kitchen sink or bathtub - be sure to check out the LUCIFACTION, okay?
posted by Grandma Barb @ 3:52 PM
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3 Comments:
Sounds like the author likes to make up words; I admire that.
I think one may come across lucifactions on numerous jigsaw picturesqe jigsaw puzzles; good to know.
How do they know what Marilynne's coinage means? Did they ask her, or did they just make it up? Maybe she had a glossary. Did Shakespeare have glossaries for all his madeup words. I heard somewhere that he invented the word "cow." That took guts.
Comment on the comments: (1)brb, your 2nd paragraph is ultra-confusing. Can you clarify, please? (2)I should perhaps have included the other reference to "lucifaction:" from THE CLOCK PARADIGM: The Functional Anatomy of the Cosmos by Sylvester Christie: "The unknitting presided over in LUCIFACTION is that of the partition of mind and memory of the body enfolded in it in the registration of one's humanity.." Now - if that isn't clear, I'd like to know what is (I really would!)
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