Words that flew into my life from Webster’s 3rd …
caballine: adj. causing
poetic inspiration
Middle English caballin,
from Latin caballinus, literally, of
a horse, from caballus horse, nag + -inus -ine; from the
ancient belief that the Muses' spring Hippocrene came from a hoofprint of the
winged horse Pegasus. First Known Use: circa 1616
With words he wasn't all that hot—
And really didn't care a jot.
But, thirsty, he once took a drink
From some strange fountain. Did he think
He’d somehow been transformed? Or did
He feel a change at all? A kid,
He prob’ly didn't think too much—
He had no love for thoughts and such.
But his vocabulary grew—
It multiplied by ninety-two.
And words became his subtle game,
For William Shakespeare was his name.
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