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[averygoodun42]

So, am I the only one who didn't get the joke when JK described Severus as sallow, not knowing that the word sevous means tallow (which is kind of like a pale version of sallow...)?

Also, sevidical means to speak cruel and harsh words?

JK is obviously a word (and etymology) junky.



And completely unrelated, a pregnatress is female power that generates or gives birth to something...

savethewords.org is cool, btw. I've already adopted sevous, sevidical and auturgy (self-action, independent activity... something that is a very good thing to train into children!)

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[apisa-b.livejournal.com]

I remembered from my school days that severus means harsh in latin.
The english words sevous and sevidical are new to me, though.