incipient

incipient - adj - beginning to exist or appear


In my last post I mentioned the drudgery of work and how the winds of change were beginning to blow. They have certainly gusted recently and this word is in honor of my new position, beginning in two weeks.

nymphomania

nymphomania - n - Abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire in women.

I was going to make 'satyriasis' my word for today, but - lo and behold! - it's already been used - and by me, no less! (I can't remember if I remarked that, when I was younger, I was "heterosexual to the threshhold of satyriasis," but if I didn't then, I will now. Absurd as it may seem, much of that remains as I pass from middle- to old-age. Of the Seven Deadly Sins, Lust has always been deadliest to me.)

I must have considered using today's word before, but no doubt refrained out of respect for that "rare and radiant maiden(?) whom the angels named" Natalie. Well, Nat's gone, and our daily institution need no longer be rated PG-13.

Check out one of my favorite sculptures, Gianlorenzo Bernini's Apollo and Daphne (completed 1625).