The Blue Grotto: Word of the Day: Gressorial

Da Luigi, the restaurant in this photo, is not far from the Blue Grotto on Capri. If I had only one afternoon to live, I think I would like to spend it here. Drift on in to the little cove in the boat you've hired for the day, drop anchor, and await the restaurant's launch that will bring you in to the sunbathing area. This is where I like to look around to see if my future wife is in attendance. From there, a chatty Italian waiter will escort you to your table, where you are encouraged to while away the afternoon over delicious food, wine, and plates of olives, prosciutto, and parmigiano.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Gressorial

gres·so·ri·al /grɛˈsɔriəl, -ˈsoʊr-/

Pronunciation Key - [gre-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-]

–adjective Zoology.

adapted for walking, as the feet of some birds.

[Origin: 1835–45; < L gress(us), ptp. of gradī to walk + -orial, as in grallatorial

]

"Signor Marjoribanks minces along the embarcadero for all the world like some tall gressorial stork."

Here's a stork:

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