{"id":1974,"date":"2023-05-22T11:53:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T15:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/?p=1974"},"modified":"2023-05-22T12:03:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T16:03:59","slug":"word-of-the-week-hyaline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/2023\/05\/22\/word-of-the-week-hyaline\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Week! Hyaline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2023\/05\/hyaline.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1975\" src=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2023\/05\/hyaline-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Hyaline Sea\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2023\/05\/hyaline-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2023\/05\/hyaline-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2023\/05\/hyaline.jpeg 910w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Special thanks to Jessie Bailey, UR&#8217;s Assistant Director of Recruiting, Admission, and Student Services for this excellent and timely word.\u00a0 Jessie adds:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>In the adjective form, it means having a glassy, translucent appearance. As a noun, it means \u201ca thing that is clear and translucent like glass, especially a smooth sea or clear sky.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>It looks like it\u2019s used in biology and entomology to describe things like human tissues and insect wings.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>I came across it this past week in the book <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Solenoid<\/span> by Mircea Catarescu, where it was easy to remember because he uses it a lot.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The OED entry seconds Jessie&#8217;s definitions, if you wish to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oed.com\/view\/Entry\/89790?redirectedFrom=Hyaline&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take a look<\/a>. The roots are Greek and Latin, for glass or crystal. You&#8217;ll find guidelines for pronunciation, too. In both British and US examples, &#8220;leen&#8221; or &#8220;line&#8221; work.<\/p>\n<p>The metaphorical use for smooth, glassy water really strikes my fancy at this time of year. I hope\u00a0 your days are equally hyaline in the summer months ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Send in useful words or metaphors, by e-mailing me (jessid -at- richmond -dot- edu) or leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n<p>See all of our Metaphors of the Month\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/tag\/metaphor-of-the-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0and Words of the Week\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/tag\/word-of-the-week\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Creative Commons image courtesy of Wallpaper Flare.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special thanks to Jessie Bailey, UR&#8217;s Assistant Director of Recruiting, Admission, and Student Services for this excellent and timely word.\u00a0 Jessie adds: In the adjective form, it means having a glassy, translucent appearance. As a noun, it means \u201ca thing that is clear and translucent like glass, especially a smooth sea or clear sky.\u201d It &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/2023\/05\/22\/word-of-the-week-hyaline\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Word of the Week! Hyaline<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6904,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2516,87405,3715,40197],"tags":[2522],"class_list":["post-1974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-writing","category-etymology","category-stem","category-vocabulary","tag-word-of-the-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6904"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1978,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974\/revisions\/1978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}