Flintkote
Copyright© 2020 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 18
“Yeah,” Tyche said, “Grandmother Sultry was positively sedate.”
“Oh Kay ... little Miss Muffet.” I said, “What does sedate mean?”
Tyche said, “Serious, grave, solemn, staid, sober, earnest. It means not light or frivolous. Serious implies a concern for what really matters. a serious play about social injustice. Grave implies both seriousness and dignity in expression or attitude. He read the proclamation in a grave voice. Solemn suggests an impressive gravity utterly free from levity. A sad and solemn occasion. Sedate implies a composed and decorous seriousness. I remained sedate amid the commotion. Staid suggests a settled, accustomed sedateness and prim self-restraint. A quiet and staid community...”
She had more to say but JW interrupted. “Tyche ... Stop!” He said. “Surprise, don’t encourage her.”
“ ... Webster’s.” Tyke mumbled. Then she gave her dad the MOM look.
JW flinched. “I hate it when she does that,” he said.
And I said, “Which Webster’s?”
“New Collegiate, 2019 edition.” Tyche said. “ ... Mom says there are words in the Unabridged that I don’t need to know.”
And Then she said, “Miss Muffet refers to,
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