Word of the Day: Elegiac Context: Humane, literate, spiritual, elegiac , poetic, somewhat nostalgic and constantly attuned to human weakness, Kirk's prose evokes feeling of reverence, awe, and mutual loyalty. Source: National Review ; May 20, 2019; Ideology's Enemy by Matthew Continetti; p 44. Elegiac: el·e·gi·ac, [ˌeləˈjīək] ADJECTIVE relating to or characteristic of an elegy. "haunting and elegiac poems" NOUN (elegiacs) verses in an elegiac meter. The definition of elegiac is full of mourning and sorrow.
I have been mostly retired for about the last three years. Unfortunately, I am not doing what I want with my retirement due to the confines of caring for my invalid wife. Still, I am making the best of it. I do not have near as much time in retirement as I thought I would and sometimes wonder where the time goes. A lot of my time goes to blogging. I have blogged for about twelve years, now. My blog, called A Disgruntled Republican , takes a lot of my time. Much of that time is simply devoted to being informed. One thing I have found in retirement is time to read at a more leisurely pace. I have read National Review most of my adult life, but always was behind on the reading and never took the time to read the "other" parts of the magazine. I would read the news analysis and feature articles, but seldom read the humor column or the book reviews or movie reviews. I don't think I had ever read until recently the "Arts and Manners" section. Now, I have s
Spenglerian: Spen·gle·ri·an | \ ˌshpeŋ-ˈglir-ē-ən , ˌspeŋ-, -ˈlir- \ adjective: of or relating to the theory of world history developed by Oswald Spengler which holds that all major cultures undergo similar cyclical developments from birth to maturity to decay Context: Murray is not putting forward a Spengleria thesis that the collapse of the West is inevitable or that..... Reviling the West by Peter W. Wood, National Review , May 30, 2022, p34.
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