Our Animot category highlights animal photography of a Wipplay talent and a somewhat outdated word of the french language. Time has come for a 2020 appraisal, so here are the top 10 Animots of the past 12 months. Sometimes these little beasts tell better in a picture what we would try to define in 1000 words…
SONGE-CREUX (male. subst) :
«Person who lives, enjoys reveries, chimeras. Syn: visionary, dreamer.»
ESTOMAQUER (trans. v) :
«To stun, to flabbergast. To strike with astonishment. Syn: amaze. »
SAFRE (adj.) :
«Who throws himself greedily on the food. Syn: gluttonous, greedy, greedy, voracious.»
FULIGINEUX (adj.) :
«Who is loaded with soot. Syn: smoking, smoky.»
PUGNACE (adj.) :
«Who has pugnacity, who is combative. Syn: catchy, brawler, backpacker.»
TAPIR (SE) (pron. v) :
«Hide by standing in a shortened, collected posture, occupying as little space as possible. Syn: to hide, to hide, to hide snuggle up.»
FACTION (fem. subst) :
«Waiting, prolonged surveillance in one place. Syn: party, league.»
MARMORÉEN (adj.) :
«Which evokes marble, the characters of marble (color, immobility, coldness). Syn: Ice cold, impassive.»
AVISÉ (trans. v) :
«Which shows, in the face of events, a spirit of appropriateness to act with intelligence and prudence. Syn: clever, wise, careful.»
