In
the memoir, Mr. Hughes was as poetically descriptive about his brush
with death as he was about the art he loved: “At one point I saw Death.
He was sitting at a desk, like a banker. He made no gesture, but he
opened his mouth and I looked right down his throat, which distended to
become a tunnel: the bocca d’inferno of old Christian art.”
aceldama (uh-SEL-duh-muh)
noun: A place of bloodshed.
Etymology
The term is derived from the name Aceldama, a potter's field described in the New Testament. It was purchased by the priests with the money Judas Iscariot received for betraying Jesus. From Greek Akeldama, from Aramaic haqeldema (field of blood). Earliest documented use: 1382.
Usage
"Mickelsson describes Philosophy Department as a 'treacherous, ego-bloated, murder-stained hovel.' Ah, the groves of aceldama!" — Margaret Manning; Book Review; Boston Globe; May 30, 1982.
bloated
(blō'tĭd)
adj.
n.
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noun: A place of bloodshed.
Etymology
The term is derived from the name Aceldama, a potter's field described in the New Testament. It was purchased by the priests with the money Judas Iscariot received for betraying Jesus. From Greek Akeldama, from Aramaic haqeldema (field of blood). Earliest documented use: 1382.
Usage
"Mickelsson describes Philosophy Department as a 'treacherous, ego-bloated, murder-stained hovel.' Ah, the groves of aceldama!" — Margaret Manning; Book Review; Boston Globe; May 30, 1982.
bloated
(blō'tĭd)
adj.
- Much bigger than desired: a bloated bureaucracy; a bloated budget.
- Medicine. Swollen or distended beyond normal size by fluid or gaseous material.
n.
- A small, miserable dwelling.
- An open, low shed.
[Middle English, hut.]
distend
Syllabification: (dis·tend)
Pronunciation: /disˈtend/
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