j. derelickt
the words spill out of my pain regardless of the working knowledge of their definition or origin. on occassion, or in random instances of boredom or blockage, i will key into the electronic labryinth of the internet dictionary demigod a query of appropriation. today's word is: derelict, or as i have reconstructed it: derelickt. . . the following is the actual definition. my intellectual funny bone is tickled by the extreme accuracy of this word usage in application to myself.
der·e·lict
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?l?kt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[der-uh-likt]
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| 1. | left or deserted,as by the owner or guardian; abandoned: a derelict ship. |
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| 2. | neglectful of duty; delinquent; negligent. |
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| 3. | a person abandoned by society, esp. a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum. |
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| 4. | Nautical. a vessel abandoned in open water by its crew without any hope or intention of returning. |
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| 5. | personal property abandoned or thrown away by the owner. |
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| 6. | one guilty of neglect of duty. |
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| 7. | Law. land left dry by a change of the water line. |
[Origin: 1640–50; <>dérelictus forsaken (ptp. of dérelinquere), equiv. to dé- de- + relictus ptp. of relinquere to leave, abandon; see relinquish]
to quote myself:
' i carry the whispers of god in crushed cocktail napkins'
hmm.
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