The Word -Expropriate

"Quite the statement, for one in Yorvet's control." She remarked, idly reaching up to tangle her fingers in his hair. "You're basically in expropriation. Here. You're basically a slave, not owning a single thing."
Kolt pushed himself away from her. "If you're trying to get me to like you, you're failing miserably." He rolled his eyes. If Yorvet told him anything useful, then the one thing he did own in this place was the Lunette blade. That couldn't be taken from him.
"I'm not trying to get you to like me." She laughed, taking his arm again.
"Then you get a gold medal for annoyance." He pulled away from her. "Go bug someone else."

Expropriate -1: to deprive of possession of proprietary rights 2: to transfer (the property of another) to one's own possession.

Added Info -If you guessed that "expropriate" has something in common with the verb "appropriate," you're right. Both words ultimately derive from the Latin adjective proprius, meaning "own." "Expropriate" came to us by way of the Medieval Latin verb expropriare, itself from Latin ex- ("out of" or "from") and proprius. "Appropriate" descends from Late Latin appropriare, which joins proprius and Latin ad- ("to" or "toward"). Both the verb "appropriate" ("to take possession of" or "to set aside for a particular use") and the adjective "appropriate" ("fitting" or "suitable") have been with us since the 15th century, and "expropriate" has been a part of the language since at least 1611. Other proprius descendants in English include "proper" and "property."

The Word -Compendious

"Go away." Kolt replied compendiously, as he removed his arm from hers. "I thought we established that I'm not worth talking to."
"Just the opposite actually." She replied, latching onto him again. She flashed a smile up at him, her teeth gleaming in the semi darkness. "You are quite the interesting person to talk to Kolt. Now that you can actually talk."
Kolt rolled his eyes. "Great. Well, unless you want to watch me sleep, I doubt I'll be that interesting."
"Who says I'm going to let you sleep."
"I say I'm going to sleep whether you want me to or not."

Compendious -marked by brief expression of a comprehensive matter :concise and comprehensive; also : comprehensive

Added Info -In current use, "compendious" is most often applied to things that are full in scope and concise in treatment. But the word also shares a sense of "brief in statement or expression" with synonyms "concise," "terse," "succinct," "pithy," "laconic," and "summary." "Concise" simply suggests the removal of all that is superfluous or elaborative ("a concise description"). "Terse" implies pointed conciseness ("a terse reply"). "Succinct" implies the greatest possible compression ("a succinct letter of resignation"). "Pithy" adds the implication of richness of meaning or substance ("pithy one-liners"). "Laconic" implies brevity to the point of seeming rude or indifferent ("a laconic stranger"). "Summary" suggests the stating of main points with no elaboration ("a summary listing of the year's main events").

The Word -Jamoke

She shrugged. "Because most nobles aren't smart enough to figure that out already." She leaned in, stroking his cheek. "Besides. I like hearing you nobles whine and demand things."
He leaned back, standing. "And I'd like a good brew of jamoke that doesn't taste like tar in the morning, but we can't all get what we want." He gave her a mocking bow. "A delightful meeting m'lady, but I must go." He dropped his bowl in the bucket of water, and didn't make it more than a dozen feet before she had slipped her arm around his.
She laughed. "You can't tell me when to leave remember."

Jamoke -Coffee

Added Info -"There ain't nothin' stronger in the booze line than pure alky mixed with jamocha." That 1922 quotation captures the flavor of early citations using "jamoke" and its parent. "jamocha." Both terms originated in naval slang from the late 1890s and quickly found a home in the parlance of hobos and gangsters. They blend "Java" and "Mocha," names for two places where coffee has long been grown. By World War II, "jamoke" had gained another slang sense, "a stupid or inconsequential fellow" or, more generically, "a man." One wag claims that transition happened when military personnel started to use "jamoke" jokingly for colleagues they felt weren't any more important than a cup of coffee. The "guy" sense remains rare in formal prose and does not appear in most dictionaries.

The Word -Superbity

She sat down on his other side, with a smirk. "You can't brush me off that easily, you know." She said leaning her head against her hand. "Even if you still have that superbity thing going for you. I suppose nobles can't just turn that off."
Kolt rolled his eyes. "No, I was born with that."
"I would have thought your time as a horse would have lessened it a degree."
He grimaced at her. "And you were doing so well at being less annoying then everyone else." Of course the whole camp knew he'd been a horse. Didn't mean they needed to bring it up every conversation though.
"So did it lessen it."
"It taught me demanding things is pointless."
"Is that why you haven't demanded I leave."
"Would you listen if I did?"
"No?"
Kolt nodded, finishing his soup. "So why waste my breath? I already did that before." And he'd need to conserve strength if Yorvet kept up his training regimen.


Superbity -haughtiness, arrogance

Added Info - "Superbity" must be related to "superb," right? Right--but the two words imply very different attitudes toward excellence. "Superbity" gives grandeur a negative spin, conveying a sense of annoying self-satisfaction. "Superb," on the other hand, it quite positive, suggesting that something is of the finest quality and represents the highest degree of perfection or competence. Together, the two terms give a fine overview of the meaning of their common parent, the Latin root superbus, which can mean "excellent," "proud," or "haughty."

The Word -Eructation

Kolt rolled his eyes. "Please, if any girl would come my way it's because they got tired of the rest of the camp eructing into their faces every two seconds, as they drink." He raised an eyebrow. "I'm not rich. I'm a prisoner. Prisoners don't have money. You might have missed that memo."
"Probably because all the eruction taking place in the camp has temporarily addled my brain." She remarked leaning her head on his shoulder. "What is a poor girl to do?"
"Grab a horse and run." He muttered.
"Only if you come with me."
"I don't even know you."
"So?"
"Soo...I don't even know you. I'm already in one trap, don't need another one, Thank you." He shrugged her off his shoulder, turning away to eat his soup.

Eruction -an act or instance of belching

Added Info -"Eructation" is simply a fancier, and some might argue a more decorous, word for "belch." "Eructation" was borrowed from Latin in the 15th century; the verb "eruct," meaning "to belch," followed in the late 16th century. Both have their source in the Latin verb eructare, which is the frequentative form of erugere, meaning "to belch or disgorge." (A frequentative form is one that denotes a repeated or recurrent action or state.) Eructare shares as ancestor with the Greek word ereugesthai as well as Old English rocettan, both of which also means "to belch."

The Word -Croesus

She laughed, sliding down on the bench next to him. "Really? And here I thought the croseus of the camp would be the shallowest of men. Waiting for a pretty girl to cross his path, to distract him for the miseries and woes of his now poverty filled life."

Croesus -a very rich man

Added Info -The original Croesus was a sixth-century B.C. king of Lydia, an ancient kingdom in what is now Turkey. Croesus conquered many surrounding regions, grew very wealthy, and became the subject of legends. In one legend, he was visited by Solon, the wise Athenian lawgiver. (Historians say this isn't chronologically possible, but it makes a good story.) Solon supposedly told Croesus, who thought he had everything: "Account no man happy before his death." Thi smade Croesus angry, and he threw the lawmaker out of his court. Croesus would rethink Solon's pronouncement later when his empire was overthrown by the Persians. Croesus's name shows up in the phrase "rich as Croesus," meaning "filthy rich," and it has also entered English as a generic term for someone extremely wealthy.

The Word -Jape

"Didn't they teach you manners in that castle of yours?"
Kolt looked up, momentarily forgetting the jape he was going to respond with upon seeing the young woman before him. He hadn't seen anyone remotely beautiful in Yorvet's camp before. Who was this? "I---it depends, are you a captive too or with Yorvet?" He finally responded.
She raised an eyebrow. "Yorvet."
He exhaled. Shoot. And returned to his bowl of soup. "Then, no, they didn't."
"And why is that?" She asked.
"Because they only went over niceties with Nobles and Peasants, we hadn't yet reached the lesson on kidnappers and their evil bands."
"So you think I'm evil?"
"Beautiful, sure. Evil probably." He shrugged with a smirk. "If this is Yorvet's idea of getting me to cooperate, you can tell him to forget it. I'm not that shallow." Not anymore. Not in this camp. He wasn't a fool


Jape -1: to say or do something jokingly or mockingly 2: to make mocking fun of.

Added Info -"Jape" mysteriously appeared in the English language during the 14th century and was adopted by literary folks, such as Geoffrey Chaucer, as a word meaning both "to trick" and "to jeer." It was also used, however, with the meanings "to seduce (someone)" or "to have sexual intercourse." This ambiguity forced writers to think twice about using "jape" in fear of misinterpretation. Ultimately, respectable writers avoided the word, and by the end of the 16th century, it had fallen into disuse. But this four-letter word was not completely forgotten. It got its second chance when 19th-century writers began using its "jeer" meaning again--leaving its carnal meaning in oblivion.