Thursday, July 16, 2015

The Word -Inveigh

"You expect me to pay top dollar for this, this piece of skin and bone?" Inveighed the Leader of the Mystics, Yorvet by name. "I am in need of Men! Not boys! I need those with skills not those so soft the sun burns their skin."
The man listened calmly with arms folded across his chest, idly kicking the Noble's son sprawled unconscious on the ground. He waited for Yorvet to loose steam before stepping in over the Lead Mystic's words. "Bonded." He said slowly. "What lies before you may be a scrap of a scrap of meat off the bone, but he holds a Lunette blade. A weapon that will not be separated from him." He kicked the boy, rolling him face up, his pale face shining up in the moonlight. "You are a Mystic, the Best." So he'd been told, though he knew it was not true. This man could not match him in magic. "You can shape him into anything you wish. This was known when we agreed to the terms."
"I agreed thinking you would provide a warrior noble son! Not this weakling!" Yorvet interrupted.
"You knew he was spoiled." The man said calmly. "That does not mean a warrior at all, again you have a Lunette blade. You have this soft piece of clay to mold to your bidding. Take him, or leave knowing you broke your deal with me."

Inveigh - To protest or complain bitterly or vehemently. rail.

Added Info - You might complain or grumble about some injustice you see, but for a stronger effect, you can "inveigh" against it. "Inveigh" comes from the Latin verb invehere, which joins the prefix in- with the verb vehere, meaning "to carry." Invehere literally means "to carry in," and when "inveigh" first appeared in English, it was also used to mean "to carry in" or "to introduce." Extended meanings of invehere, however, are "to force one's way into," "attack," and "to assail with words," and that's where the current sense of "inveigh" comes from. A closely related word is "invective," which means "insulting or abusive language." This word, too, ultimately comes from invehere.


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