Sunday, July 22, 2007
A consummate post
I was just thinking of a way to express ‘consumed by’ and consummate popped up in my head. Although not the same thing at all, consummate is an interesting word…a web definition is ‘having or revealing supreme mastery or skill.’ Is that how the groom saw himself on the wedding night in times of old? I pondered with a laugh. But then I saw ‘complete: perfect and complete in every respect’ and ‘make perfect; bring to perfection’ and consummate became a very beautiful word indeed if thinking in terms of relationships and lovemaking…. But then I saw ‘fulfil sexually; "consummate a marriage"’ and it became a formal, dutiful word. Gone was the romance…!
¶ 4:17 pm 
