French Vocab – Halloween

la sorcière – witch

le vampire – vampire

loup-garou – werewolf

le zombi – zombie

fantôme – ghost

la citrouille – pumpkin

l’automne – autumn

chauve-souris – bat

film d’horreur – horror film

latin words for oak forests

terpsikeraunos:

aesculetum, a forest of winter or Italian oaks, and poet., in gen., an oak-forest

ilicetum,

a grove of holmoaks, forest of oaks

quercetum, an oak-wood, oak-forest

querquetulanus, -a, -um,

of or belonging to an oak-forest, named from an oakwood

windflowerfairy:

The pale leaves stir, caressed, moon-lit.

Paul Verlaine, tr. by C. F. MacIntyre, from 101 Poems; “Circumspection,”
(via violentwavesofemotion)

plurilinguismo:

In Italian we don’t say “it costs an arm and a leg”, we say “costa l’ira di Dio” which means “it costs the wrath of God” and I think it’s beautiful

a list of fantasy/magical words ⚔️✨

ecryre:

crepuscular (adj.) of, resembling, or relating to twilight.
divine (adj.) of, from, or like God or a god; excellent and heavenly.
orenda (n.) the spiritual power that people and animals inherit from their enviornment.
thaumaturgy (n.) the working of wonders or miracles; magic.
scintillating (adj.) sparkling, shining brightly or brilliantly clever or skillful.
phantasmagoria (n.) a sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream.
numinous (adj.) having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity.
supernal (adj.) relating to the sky or the heavens; celestial; of exceptional quality.
roué (n.) a person devoted to a life of sensual pleasure.