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Selections from the Personal Dictionary of Caroline Ravenscroft
July 1815
non-par-eil(noun). A person or thing having no equal; something unique.
A year of marriage and still I think my husband anonpareil!
November 1815
e-da-cious(adjective). Devoted to eating, voracious.
I am quite hungry now that I am carrying a child, but still I am not asedacious as I was those days while trapped in Blake's washing room.
May 1816
trea-tise(noun). A book or writing which treats some particular subject.
Blake finds so much in our two-day-old son to boast over; I anticipate atreatise on the topic of David's intellect and charm any day now.
January 1818
col-la-tion(noun). A light meal or repast.
This confinement is nothing like the last; it is a blessed day when I can even manage to partake of a coldcollation.
August 1824
cur-sive(adjective). Of writing; written with a running hand, so that the characters are rapidly formed without raising the pen, and in consequence, have their angles rounded and separate strokes formed, and at length become slanted.
Today I tried to instruct Trent in the art ofcursive writing, but Blake intervened, stating (rather impertinently, in my opinion) that I have the handwriting of a chicken.
June 1826
prog-e-ny(noun). Descent, family, offspring. Our progeny insist that the holes dotting the wall around Blake's dartboard were made by a wild bird somehow trapped in the house, but I find this explanation implausible.
February 1827
eu-pho-ni-ous(adjective). Pleasing to the ear.
We have named her Cassandra in honor of my mother, but we both agree that the name has a mosteuphonious ring to it.
June 1827
be-a-ti-fic(adjective). Making blessed, imparting supreme happiness.
Perhaps I am a foolish and sentimental woman, but sometimes I pause to look around at all that is so precious to me—Blake, David, Trent, Cassandra—and I am so overcome with joy I must wear abeatific smile on my face for days. Life, I think—I know!—is good, so very, very good.
