Thursday, July 30, 2015

The Word -Stravage

He jerked awake as shackles snicked around his wrists. 
He tugged at the metal. "What is the meaning of this!" He demanded. "Unshackle me this instant! I am a nob--"
He groaned, doubling over as a bull of a man punched him hard in the stomach. Another tugging his head painfully back by the hair. "You're a noble no longer, slimezel." The man said with barred teeth. "You is our property now. We do as we please, and it pleases us that we don't have our new recruit stravage away." He stepped back as the bull man again advanced. 
Kolton bared his teeth in return. "I am no recruit!" He snarled. "I will see you all hanged for touching my person in such an ill manner!" 
"Oh? I'd like to see you try." the second said with a slimy smile. 

Stravage - roam


Added Info - A synonym of "roam," "wander," and "ramble," "stravage" (also spelled "stravaig") isn't likely to pop up in your local newspaper--unless you're stravaging in Scotland or one of its neighbors. "Stravage" is not a new word; our earliest evidence of it dates to the late 18th century, when it likely developed by shortening and alteration from the now-archaic word "extravagate," a synonym for "stray" and "roam" that can also mean "to go beyond proper limits." Note that if you use it correctly, you won't be extravagating by using "stravage"--no matter where you call home.

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