02-26-2014, 02:53 AM
this is one of my favorite words simply because it makes me laugh. It was partially invented by James Joyce:
UNTONSURED
tonsured is obviously a well known word and needs no definition and, therefore, nor does the prefixed version.
from Ulysses by James Joyce:
"Stephen Dedalus, displeased and sleepy, leaned his arms on the top of the staircase and looked coldly at the shaking gurgling face that blessed him, equine in its length, and at the light untonsured hair, grained and hued like pale oak."
UNTONSURED
tonsured is obviously a well known word and needs no definition and, therefore, nor does the prefixed version.
from Ulysses by James Joyce:
"Stephen Dedalus, displeased and sleepy, leaned his arms on the top of the staircase and looked coldly at the shaking gurgling face that blessed him, equine in its length, and at the light untonsured hair, grained and hued like pale oak."