Saturday, September 1, 2012


Dictionary. Word


Surrealized

Architecture encodes desires

Thematic
adjective
  • 1having or relating to subjects or a particular subject:the book is organized into nine thematic chapters
  • relating to the collecting of postage stamps with designs connected with the same subject:for the thematic collector volcanoes represent a treasure trove
  • Music relating to or containing melodic subjects:the concerto relies on the frequent repetition of thematic fragments
  • 2 Linguistics relating to or denoting the theme of a sentence:some languages use special affixes to mark thematic and non-thematic elements
  • relating to the theme of an inflected word.
  • (of a vowel) connecting the theme of a word to its inflections.
  • (of a word) having a vowel connecting its theme to its inflections.


Theatrical
adjective
  • relating to acting, actors, or the theatre:theatrical productions
  • exaggerated and excessively dramatic:Henry looked over his shoulder with theatrical caution


Fantastical
adjective
  • 1imaginative or fanciful; remote from reality:fantastic hybrid creatures
  • (of an object) seeming more appropriate to the imagination than to reality; strange or exotic:a fantastic, maze-like building
  • 2 informal extraordinarily good or attractive:she’s got a fantastic body
  • of an extraordinary size or degree:she had spent a fantastic amount of cash


Enthralling
adjective
  • capturing and holding one’s attention; fascinating:an enthralling best-seller


Escapism
noun
[mass noun]
  • the tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy:virtual reality offers a form of escapism


Reverie
noun
  • a state of being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts; a daydream:a knock on the door broke her reverie


Whimsical
adjective
  • 1playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way:a whimsical sense of humour
  • 2acting or behaving in a capricious manner:the whimsical arbitrariness of autocracy