Hymeneal
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:47 pm
It sounds almost like Hi, Manuel.Hymeneal
Function: noun
1 plural, archaic : NUPTIALS
2 archaic : a wedding hymn
Brazilian dude
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Brazilian dude
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:13 pm
dude, you left out its further etymology
Now, I'm also wondering if this is where the English expression "to carry a torch for" (e.g. to persist in an unrequited love) comes from.
-gailr4
Those associations loaded additional interesting baggage onto the Christianization of the western world.Hymeneal "wedding hymn" is 1717, from L. hymenaeus, from Gk. hymenaios "belonging to wedlock, wedding, wedding song," from Hymen, Gk. god of marriage, represented as a youth carrying a torch and a veil.
Now, I'm also wondering if this is where the English expression "to carry a torch for" (e.g. to persist in an unrequited love) comes from.
-gailr4
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:26 am
Excellent word Brazilian Dude.