(Pronounced SKO-lek-i-font or sko-LAY-key-font)(n.) 1. Alarm clock, 2. By extension, anything that gets you up prior to natural awakening, 3. Stimulants such as caffeine, theophyline, or calisthenics.
(adj.) ("SKO-lek-i-fontic" or "-fantic," also "-fontine" and "-fawn-teen") 4. Of or pertaining to alarm clocks, 5. of or pertaining to anything which awakens early. (v.) ("sko-LAKE-i-fawn or "-fie") 6. To awaken early. (From the Greek σκουλήκι skouleki "worm" + φοντες phontes "slayer"---as in "The Early Bird gets the Worm"). [also Latin "Vermicide" and Anglo-Saxon "Wormsbane"]
Примеры использования:
"Aaaa! What was that?!" "My alarm clock: it's a classic: wind-up spring and steel bells!" "It's skolekifontine is what it is. And I'm not particularly hungry for worms just now." "I call it 'the Screamer.'" "Okay, that's just creepy."
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