Foggy Wildflowers on Mt. Rainier by Elke Peterson
Crimson Peak (2015)
the silence in the fog
by Denny Bitte
SVELTE
[adjective]
1. slender, especially gracefully slender in figure; lithe.
2. suave; blandly urbane.
Etymology: French < Italian svelto < Vulgar Latin *exvellitus - pulled out (replacing Latin ēvulsus, past participle of ēvellere), variant stem of vellere - to pull, pluck.
OPTATIVE
[adjective]
1. mood expressing a desire or wish.
2. expressing a wish or choice.
3. a) of, relating to, or being a mood of verbs in some languages, such as Greek, used to express a wish. b) designating a statement using a verb in the subjunctive mood to indicate a wish or desire, as in Had I the means, I would do it.
Etymology: via French optatif, from Late Latin optātīvus, from Latin optāre, to desire.