Daduchos (δᾳδοῦχος "torch-bearer", from δᾶις+ἔχω) is an epithet of Artemis, and notably of Ceres-Demeter seeking her lost daughter (Persephone) with a torch. It was the title of the second priest (ranking after the Hierophant) at the Eleusinian Mysteries, an office inherited in several families of Athens.
Comments by wordwench
wordwench commented on the word curignot
VARIANT FORMS: None
NOUN: 1. A desire for something that cannot be named.
ETYMOLOGY: wordwench
Latin, Curo, to desire; Ignatus, the unknown.
November 4, 2014
wordwench commented on the word Sumisol
VARIANT FORMS: None
NOUN: 1. To be subsumed by the Sun.
ETYMOLOGY: wordwench
Latin, Sumere, to be taken over; Sol, the Sun.
May 6, 2013
wordwench commented on the user ruzuzu
I neglected to give you temples of gold. I offer mists of luminous ethers in their stead.
August 18, 2010
wordwench commented on the user ruzuzu
I give you temples, and spires of gold.
March 30, 2010
wordwench commented on the word gustimbrium
VARIANT FORMS: None
NOUN: 1.To taste the rain,
ETYMOLOGY: Latin, Gusto - to taste, Imbrium - the rain. wordwench
March 30, 2010
wordwench commented on the word bog je dobar kako kome
Serbian, for the gold.
May 4, 2009
wordwench commented on the word dang nabbit
Seconded. Perhaps a portmanteau of 'Dang It' and 'Dag Nabbit'?
May 4, 2009
wordwench commented on the word anadol
As in, what my Mother insists on serving up the week after Thanksgiving?
May 4, 2009
wordwench commented on the word raise a giant finger of fuck you
Damn right, speaking as a maiden.
March 13, 2009
wordwench commented on the word sylph
And excuse me, but a sylph is also an air elemental. I imagine they are all hmphing about now.
March 13, 2009
wordwench commented on the word sylph
Ahh. Now all the world is a hazy green and I await a warmish breeze.
March 13, 2009
wordwench commented on the word assapanick
What happens to we wenches the day after holiday when the pants don't fit right.
March 4, 2009
wordwench commented on the word we've got to get a reading on those pants, up or down!
"There's no mystical energy field that controls my pants."
as if.
March 4, 2009
wordwench commented on the word meerkat
Viverrine?
Sounds like a sassy cocktail waitress fond of coral lipstick and beehives.
March 4, 2009
wordwench commented on the word pique
Frankly, velvet would make a better verb.
'Velvet your words, lad, lest I should rip them from your tongue.'
But I digress, being piqued and at my peak.
March 4, 2009
wordwench commented on the word ouroborus
A serpent that swallows its own tail.
March 4, 2009
wordwench commented on the word una pescadilla que se muerde la cola
Oooh. Like an alternate Ouroborus?
March 4, 2009
wordwench commented on the user bilby
*sniff* I missed you, too.
:)
March 4, 2009
wordwench commented on the word glöyn byw
Another want, love, am.
Beautiful, beautiful word.
March 4, 2009
wordwench commented on the word ephemeroptera
Love. Want. Am.
March 4, 2009
wordwench commented on the word curtsying
Psssst. Alternate spelling - curtseying.
Not that I was. Counting, that is.
;)
October 3, 2008
wordwench commented on the word an o.l.o.a.
HA!
(Hail Acronyms!)
October 3, 2008
wordwench commented on the word siakra
Well, now you've got me all piqued about the 'Um'.
Siakra though, who knew I had one? I vow herewith to start taking much better care of it, as much is so.
October 3, 2008
wordwench commented on the word guncle
Great word - even if it sounds like something one might dig out of a body orifice.
Pardons, but it seems you have a bit of guncle in your ear.
October 3, 2008
wordwench commented on the word cerulean blue
Something as lovely as Cerulean Blue deserves a comment...and so, it gets one.
October 2, 2008
wordwench commented on the word kopans
That sounds decidedly sinister, and I want no part of it.
October 2, 2008
wordwench commented on the word dextrasinestra
VARIANT FORMS: None
NOUN: 1. One who possesses many talents in the art of being bad.
ETYMOLOGY: wordwench
October 2, 2008
wordwench commented on the list •open-list-madeupical-collective-nouns
Gods, but you have the best lists!
*drools*
October 2, 2008
wordwench commented on the list bywords
In that case, how about Tabitha Twitchett, which I am affronted just inspired.
I know a plethora of those.
October 2, 2008
wordwench commented on the word cockfosters
Heh. I so forgot about 'Cockfosters'. 'Piccadilly' being only marginally better.
October 2, 2008
wordwench commented on the word skoptsy
Gods, what a delicious word!
October 2, 2008
wordwench commented on the list a-selection-from-grenville-klieser-s-15-000-useful-phrases
Yeeeps! It does appear that I have gaffed.
Great catch, chained one, and most humbly amended. ;)
October 2, 2008
wordwench commented on the word favorited
A year too late. I'm still favoriting it.
Hmm.
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the list jihadmiration
Absolutely delightful! And an honor. Also favorited.
Mmm. Favorited. Has anyone added that as a word, I wonder?
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the word complimentary skin-care kit
Only if a leather ear test kit is included. Then I'll bite.
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the user pterodactyl
Conversely, "Words that would be even more interesting with a 'P' in front of them'
sounds like a really good list to me.
Ptruly.
;)
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the list not-quite-as-awful-as-they-sound
In your lists, pilfering your goods. ;)
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the list words-that-sound-naughty-but-aint
Naughty wordies.
Come sit by me.
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the word barnet
It's additionally the site of an ancient and well known horse fair, and thus, 'Barnet' is also cockney rhyming slang for hair.
even more uselessly beguiling trivia
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the word decadent poets
...are the best.
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the word complimentary skin-care kit
I'm in! But how to apply these? I assume there will be additional words included to detail that?
mmm. infuse..
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the user mollusque
I can only dream of having added so many wonderful words.
*gazes sycophantically, but you don't notice*
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the word chronosynclastic infundibulum
Bested before I even had the chance. But damn, what a way to be bested.
*bows fetchingly*
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the user Prolagus
*swoons*
Best lists ever. Even if I am all new and impressionable.
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the list •-suggestions-for-new-sailormoon-attacks
I have died and entered lexiheaven.
*wingflutter*
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the list chrono-synclastic-infundibulum
Just when you think you've found a word NOBODY knew.
Hmph
And yes, I'm readyish for attack about now.
;)
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the word psithurisma
Whispering, or a whispering noise.
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the word fritiniency
To twitter or chirp, as a small bird or cicada.
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the word urth
*squeal*
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the word sarcin
Urth??
I love that word. This one's nice, too.
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the list ugly-words-3
Fie thee O'kumquat-squat!, I say, Fie!
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the word thunderpeal
From Carlyle, in 1837: "Confused tremor and fremescence; waxing into thunderpeals, of Fury stirred on by Fear."
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the word force majeure
A good word about now..
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the list it-s-short-for-elizabeth
I am an Elizabeth, aka Lisbeth, and I love this list. ;)
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the word cinerescent
Cinerous, or something of the color of ashes.
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the word vorgestern
German for 'the day before yesterday'.
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the list ugly-words-3
"Homophobic phlegm-plop!"
(I dunno, but I like!)
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the word defenestrate
I long for the day when I get to subjectively use this word in my memoirs.
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the list ugly-words-3
Chained_bear, I am humbled. I quiver with shame. You are so right, you fecund fecal-sack, you.
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the list there-is-no-x-in-espresso-words-butchered-by-americans
Mine: "Mechanize" as "Mek-ig-nize". You would not believe how many corporate suits insist on pronouncing it as if it contained a 'G'.
My mom says "Ext-ree" for Extra, but I think that's kinda cute.
Pffffft.
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the list ugly-words-3
And for a fun game of insults: Mix two words from this list.
"Crotch-phlegm!"
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the list ugly-words-3
Pustule. Best worst word /ever/.
But where oh where is Carbuncle?
October 1, 2008
wordwench commented on the word chronicide
VARIANT FORMS: None
NOUN: 1. The act of killing time.
ETYMOLOGY: wordwench
September 30, 2008
wordwench commented on the word hemogram
VARIANT FORMS: None
NOUN: 1. A Letter writ in blood, either yours or anothers.
ETYMOLOGY: wordwench
September 30, 2008
wordwench commented on the word denominoptera
VARIANT FORMS: None
NOUN: 1. A desire to be named.
ETYMOLOGY: wordwench
September 30, 2008
wordwench commented on the word daduchos
Daduchos (δᾳδοῦχος "torch-bearer", from δᾶις+ἔχω) is an epithet of Artemis, and notably of Ceres-Demeter seeking her lost daughter (Persephone) with a torch. It was the title of the second priest (ranking after the Hierophant) at the Eleusinian Mysteries, an office inherited in several families of Athens.
September 30, 2008
wordwench commented on the word irony mark
A proposed punctuation mark that was suggested to be used to indicate that a sentence should be understood at a second level.
September 30, 2008