Raymone's Word(s) du Jour

The nub of the gist of Druidry is language, from which we conjure satire.

So what should a Tabby Labber carve into that first wand to conjure all the knowledge of the world?

Easy that, the alphabet.

Also, we are always striving to improve our vocabularies. To whit:

literal, allegorical and we probably should have included parable with the other two words because of what's going to happen anon.

Main Entry: 1lit·er·al
Pronunciation: 'li-t(&-)r&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin litteralis, from Latin, of a letter, from littera letter
1 a : according with the letter of the scriptures b : adhering to fact or to the ordinary construction or primary meaning of a term or expression : ACTUAL liberty in the literal sense is impossible -- B. N. Cardozo c : free from exaggeration or embellishment (the literal truth) d : characterized by a concern mainly with facts: a very literal man
2 : of, relating to, or expressed in letters
3 : reproduced word for word : EXACT, VERBATIM
- lit·er·al·i·ty /"li-t&-'ra-l&-tE/ noun
- lit·er·al·ness /'li-t(&-)r&l-n&s/ noun

Main Entry: 2literal
Function: noun
: a small error usually of a single letter (as in writing)

Main Entry: al·le·go·ry
Pronunciation: 'a-l&-"gOr-E, -"gor-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ries
Etymology: Middle English allegorie, from Latin allegoria, from Greek allEgoria, from allEgorein to speak figuratively, from allos other + -Egorein to speak publicly, from agora assembly -- more at ELSE, AGORA
1 : the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence; also : an instance (as in a story or painting) of such expression
2 : a symbolic representation :

Main Entry: al·le·gor·i·cal
Pronunciation: "a-l&-'gor-i-k&l, -'gär-
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of allegory
2 : having hidden spiritual meaning that transcends the literal sense of a sacred text
- al·le·gor·i·cal·ly /-k(&-)lE/ adverb
- al·le·gor·i·cal·ness /-k&l-n&s/ noun