noun: An inordinate enthusiasm for music.

Definition: (adjective) Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy. Usage: His prehensile employers were so stingy that they replaced their workers' annual bonus with a keychain worth less than a dollar. Discuss

noun: 1. One who hates or fears rain. 2. A plant that cannot tolerate rainy conditions.

© Hans-Jürgen Quadbeck-Seeger(*1939), Prof. Dr., deutscher Chemiker, Mitglied der Enquête-Kommission für Gentechnik des Deutschen Bundestages, wurde für sein Engagement mit dem Bundesverdienstkreuz ausgezeichnet

Definition: (verb) To complain peevishly or whimperingly. Synonyms: grizzle, yawp, whine. Usage: I refused to do my chores, electing instead to yammer and whine about the injustices of life. Discuss

Paul Heyse(1830 – 1914), eigentlich Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse, deutscher Romanist, Novellist und Übersetzer, Nobelpreisträger für Literatur 1910

Definition: (adjective) Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence. Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, suppositional. Usage: Theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly suppositious and involve much educated guessing. Discuss

Definition: (noun) Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water. Synonyms: base. Usage: He dropped a piece of litmus paper into an acid, when it changed instantly to red, and on floating it in an alkali it turned as quickly to blue….

noun: The fear of trains.

«Vivo le canzoni un po' come le relazioni. Le canzoni sono frequenze, sono vive, cambiano con il tempo e nel mentre cambi anche tu. Quindi ci sono dei momenti in cui mi ritrovo completamente lontana da ciò che ho scritto e prodotto anche solo qualche mese prima, ma ho imparato a non rinnegare nulla, a…

«La cattiveria dei buoni è pericolosissima.»

Es kommt nicht darauf an, dem Leben mehr Jahre zu geben, sondern den Jahren mehr Leben zu geben. Alexis CarrelFranzösischer Chirurg und Nobelpreisträger (Medizin)1873 – 1944

© Stefan Fleischer(*1938), Rentner, vorher Organisator einer Großbank

noun: An inability to make decisions.

Wenn eine Frau sich die Lippen nachzieht, so ist das, wie wenn ein Soldat sein Maschinengewehr putzt. Bob Hopeengl. Schauspieler und Komödiant1903 – 2003