Cool Photographer and New Words

I've recently been delving into the work of William Eggleston after having read Holland Cotter's review of his current Whitney retrospective. He, like myself, seems to find quotidian references as engaging as Arbus found twins. His works were initially reviewed as "'Perfectly banal, perfectly boring,' sniffed one writer; 'erratic and ramshackle,' snapped another; 'a mess,' declared a third.", which I find particularly interesting. His works, over his long career, have become mainstays of humanist photographic exploration. I enjoy them a lot.





New Words:

IGNOMINY
Pronunciation:
\ˈig-nə-ˌmi-nē, -mə-nē also ig-ˈnä-mə-nē\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural ig·no·mi·nies
Etymology:
Middle French or Latin; Middle French ignominie, from Latin ignominia, from ig- (as in ignorare to be ignorant of, ignore) + nomin-, nomen name, repute — more at name
Date:
1540

1 : deep personal humiliation and disgrace 2 : disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action


ELEGIAC
Pronunciation:
\ˌe-lə-ˈjī-ək, -ˌak also i-ˈlē-jē-ˌak\
Variant(s):
also el·e·gi·a·cal Listen to the pronunciation of elegiacal \ˌe-lə-ˈjī-ə-kəl\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Late Latin elegiacus, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeion
Date:
1542

1 a: of, relating to, or consisting of two dactylic hexameter lines the second of which lacks the arsis in the third and sixth feet b (1): written in or consisting of elegiac couplets (2): noted for having written poetry in such couplets c: of or relating to the period in Greece about the seventh century b.c. when poetry written in such couplets flourished2: of, relating to, or comprising elegy or an elegy ; especially : expressing sorrow often for something now past


SUPINE
Pronunciation:
\su̇-ˈpīn, attributive also ˈsü-ˌpīn\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Middle English suppyne, from Latin supinus; akin to Latin sub under, up to — more at up
Date:
15th century

1 a: lying on the back or with the face upward b: marked by supination2: exhibiting indolent or apathetic inertia or passivity ; especially : mentally or morally slack3archaic : leaning or sloping backward