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According to http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/versipel versipel was coined by
Nabokov from versipellous, which is formed from versi- 'turning, changing'
(combinatory form of Latin versus 'turn') + ultimately Latin pellis 'skin'.
If Shade's muse is driven by personal experience including that of losing
own daughter, then versipel is indeed appropriate.
>When one is a mild and gentleman, fulfilled by the love of one woman, it is
painful to be drawn from one's life and one's love by the demands of a muse
that requires one to study once again the most painful moments through which
he has lived. When your muse requires you to dissect the death of your
daughter, this relentless self-examination is done under orders not of a
dream weaver but of a demon.
- George
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Nabokov from versipellous, which is formed from versi- 'turning, changing'
(combinatory form of Latin versus 'turn') + ultimately Latin pellis 'skin'.
If Shade's muse is driven by personal experience including that of losing
own daughter, then versipel is indeed appropriate.
>When one is a mild and gentleman, fulfilled by the love of one woman, it is
painful to be drawn from one's life and one's love by the demands of a muse
that requires one to study once again the most painful moments through which
he has lived. When your muse requires you to dissect the death of your
daughter, this relentless self-examination is done under orders not of a
dream weaver but of a demon.
- George
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