I just had to look up "defenestration." I've read the word before, but I was never clear on what it actually meant, except that it must be something bad.
It only means, "the act of throwing someone or something out a window."
That's one word that sounds a lot worse than its definition. I always thought it had something to do with disembowelment.
I love that word. The first time I heard it, I committed it to memory, and I've always known what it means.
ReplyDeleteToo bad I've never had the opportunity to use it in a conversation.
:-(
I think the only time I've ever heard it, it was in reference to the "Defenestration of Prague", and then only in an alternate history novel series by Eric Flint (_1632_ AKA "The Ring of Fire").
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