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  • Word for "relating to clouds"

    From Charlie Roberts@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 13 10:27:49 2023
    I have been trying to track down a word that can be
    used for the phrase "relatiing to clouds". Not sure
    that this is quite an adjective, but the kind of word
    I am looking for is similar to

    cat -> feline
    cow -> bovine
    day -> dinural
    river -> riparian
    tree(s) -> arboreal
    wind -> aeolian
    etc.

    clouds -> ???

    Looks like Zeus/Jupiter was the god related to
    clouds and so there may not be a one. OTOH,
    there is Nephele in Greek mythology and I
    wonder if there is a word derived from that.

    thanks
    CR

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  • From Ammammata@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 14 09:02:49 2023
    Charlie Roberts has brought this to us :
    OTOH,
    there is Nephele in Greek mythology and I
    wonder if there is a word derived from that.

    something like Selene for the moon?

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  • From Peter Wanker@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 14 10:53:45 2023
    On Tue, 14 Mar 2023 09:02:49 +0100, Ammammata <ammammata@tiscali.it>
    wrote:

    Charlie Roberts has brought this to us :
    OTOH,
    there is Nephele in Greek mythology and I
    wonder if there is a word derived from that.

    something like Selene for the moon?

    I am not sure about that one. For the moon
    the word that I mean is "lunar". Selene, I
    believe, is just another fancy name for
    the moon based on mythology.

    What I am in search of is closer to an
    adjective and in some of the examples I
    gave, the "relating or referring to ..."
    word is pretty much an adjective. Not so in
    some cases.

    That reminds me. Having got used to the
    Queen Bee in NYT, I have not figured out
    the difference between "laic" and "laical".
    Both of these are allowed as answers ....
    and, of course, are in the dictionary. They
    are part of a nice chain if you are into the
    puzzle: laic, laical, illiac, cilia, lilac. Five
    words as soon as one spots C, I, A and L.
    Of course, acai and acacia are part of the
    subset, which you get as soon as you see
    CIA!

    In any case, are "laic" and "laical" both
    adjectives? Or, is there a difference?


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  • From Mark Iredell@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 1 04:42:45 2023
    Maybe "nubilous" is the word you want.

    See its use in this article where the author does some "nubilous musing" about clouds:
    https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12141499.we-really-dont-know-clouds-at-all-look-up-theyre-always-there-look-further-and-you-will-find-a-world-of-inspiration-says-andy-drought/

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  • From Luciano Ward@21:1/5 to Mark Iredell on Sat Apr 1 09:09:41 2023
    On Saturday, 1 April 2023 at 06:42:46 UTC-5, Mark Iredell wrote:
    Maybe "nubilous" is the word you want.

    See its use in this article where the author does some "nubilous musing" about clouds:
    https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12141499.we-really-dont-know-clouds-at-all-look-up-theyre-always-there-look-further-and-you-will-find-a-world-of-inspiration-says-andy-drought/

    Mark:

    Just chanced to wander into rec.puzzles.crosswords. Good to see that you're up and running. And good to see you referencing my home city's newspaper.

    Regards,

    Luciano

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  • From Mark Iredell@21:1/5 to Luciano Ward on Mon Apr 3 06:49:04 2023
    On Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 12:09:42 PM UTC-4, Luciano Ward wrote:
    On Saturday, 1 April 2023 at 06:42:46 UTC-5, Mark Iredell wrote:
    Maybe "nubilous" is the word you want.

    See its use in this article where the author does some "nubilous musing" about clouds:
    https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12141499.we-really-dont-know-clouds-at-all-look-up-theyre-always-there-look-further-and-you-will-find-a-world-of-inspiration-says-andy-drought/
    Mark:

    Just chanced to wander into rec.puzzles.crosswords. Good to see that you're up and running. And good to see you referencing my home city's newspaper.

    Regards,

    Luciano

    Very good to hear from you, Luciano! I also randomly dropped by on April 1. If you feel like it, could you drop me a line at the answer to this crappy clue:

    I literally do tire Della with randomly lit mag dotcom (22, including punctuation marks)

    Cheers!
    Mark

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  • From Ammammata@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 4 08:43:27 2023
    Peter Wanker pretended :
    On Tue, 14 Mar 2023 09:02:49 +0100, Ammammata <ammammata@tiscali.it>
    wrote:

    Charlie Roberts has brought this to us :
    OTOH,
    there is Nephele in Greek mythology and I
    wonder if there is a word derived from that.

    something like Selene for the moon?

    I am not sure about that one. For the moon
    the word that I mean is "lunar". Selene, I
    believe, is just another fancy name for
    the moon based on mythology.

    From Selene, in Italian, we have:

    Seleniti, that's a sci-fi lunar lifeform

    Selenite, a mineral, see
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenite_(mineral): It is found in nature
    in the form of transparent translucent flakes that are crossed by
    light, this characteristic gives rise to its name, in fact thanks to
    the use that the Greeks made of it for the manufacture of transparent
    plates that had the function of glass, still unknown, from which shone
    a light similar to that of the moon (σεληνη selene in Greek). For this reason it is also known by the name of moonstone.

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  • From Steve = : ^ )@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 22 23:22:24 2023
    Ha! I accidentally hit the r.p.c. bookmark instead of the adjacent CCCWC one ... and I find a conversation! All is not lost. Mark, I waited till I had something worthy to submit to Another Simple Clue Writing Culmination, edition #273 and, well, I'm
    still waiting.

    Luciano congratulations on winning the Feb. comp at CCCWC.

    Stay safe,
    Steve = : ^ )

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