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Jun 21, 2018 This week’s theme Coined words This week’s words kinesics agnostic googol inscape blurb Gerard Manley Hopkins Photo: Wikimedia Commons A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg inscape PRONUNCIATION: (IN-skayp) MEANING: noun: The unique essence of a person, place, or thing, especially as expressed in a work of art such as a poem. ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the poet and priest Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) who, in turn, was inspired by the philosopher Duns Scotus (c. 1266-1308). Earliest documented use: 1868. USAGE: “McCabe has said that ‘I’ve always felt that naturalism or social realism only provides a third of the story ... [it] gives you the marble but not the inscape of the statue.’” Patrick McCabe; The Butcher Boy; Picador; 2015. See more usage examples of inscape in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live. -Francoise Sagan, playwright and novelist (21 Jun 1935-2004)

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