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A rhyming acrostic

A chapter in the book A Potpourri of Poetic Curiosities

Opiniatres

by CD Richards

Obstreperousness is his middle name
Pontification, his one claim to fame
It seems there is no topic which
Need cause his faculties a glitch
Impossible? To him it's all the same
A more enlightened soul, you'll never meet
To tangle with his genius mind, a treat
Regretfully, it's sometimes best
Eschewing argument for rest
Seems know-it-all is, for the present, beat.




Today's word: opiniatre (n). an opinionated person.

Go on, say it - I dare you!

As far as I can tell, this is a French word, and doesn't appear in English dictionaries. Nevertheless, it's in my book, so must be used. I've employed the plural form.

My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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