Glossary of Kcymaerxthaere - l

Nyelvate (Shape Word) Glossary

Lessens

[LESS-ins]

Origin

(Gwome name)

Definition

Gwome located in the distrykt of Zhamaeka.

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Lesser Paralytic Forest

[(as per linear English)]

Origin

(linear English)

Definition

Paralytic Forests were rather terrifying places to visit because the trees, in addition to often having poisonous branch tips and the like with which to capture their prey (and let it rot into the soil), often behaved as if out of control in a wind—but actually were lashing out on their own. Calm days could be quite dangerous.

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Li Thaat

[LEE THAUGHT]

Origin

(Proper Name)

Definition

A notable and good citizen of the gwome Shagree whose own remarkable story is often obfuscated by his status as the victim of the murder by The Puhnee — witnessed by Eliala Mei-Ning (and led to her pursuit).

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lib rek

[LIBB WRECK]

Origin

(Bench type name)

Definition

Bench type that encompasses the Fleche Wyndes bench.

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Library

[(As per linear English)]

Origin

(Bench location name)

Definition

Bench location for the Word bench.

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Lichen Faiths

[(as per linear English)]

Origin

(linear English)

Definition

These are the religions practiced and believed in by most lichen.

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lichen gwome(s)

[(as per linear English)]

Origin

(linear English; cognate)

Definition

Gwomes whose population is entirely lichen. Lichen are often mistakenly considered plants, but even in the linear world are really symbiotic associations of fungi and algae and/or cyanobacteria. Lichen gwomes often co-exist in other gwomes, though they can also be the sole rulers of vast expanses as well.

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Lichen Messiah

[(as per linear English)]

Origin

(linear English)

Definition

“Lichen Messiah” is ultimately a colloquial expression for non-lichen to use. The lichen word is more accurately translated as “the one who is the way that our words are returned to us alone.”

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linear

[(as per linear English)]

Origin

(linear English)

Definition

Most of us inhabit the linear world and this book is, largely, being read in the linear world.

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living stone

[(as per linear English)]

Origin

(linear English)

Definition

A little studied species of rock.

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Llareggub

[YAAR-uh-gubb]

Origin

(Proper Name)

Definition

A natural causeway that ran to Greater Rockwall and was normally just barely submerged.

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Lobos Creek

[(as per linear English)]

Origin

(Linear Place Name)

Definition

A gwome which began as water colony on the approximate site of linear San Francisco. The memoirs of Cyrus Hawkes were made into a remarkable, but suppressed, film document of its struggle for freedom.

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