Wednesday's Word
Word: Stemmy (Adj.)
Definition: concupiscent
Usage:
"They say eating oysters makes you some stemmy."
"That's what my Uncle Albert thought. He said he had six of them for supper on his wedding night, but only five of them worked."
(Definition from: "How To Talk Yankee", by Gerald Lewis & Tim Sample, copyright 1979, 1986 by The Thorndike Press; copyright 1989 by the First North Country Press)
Labels: How to Talk Yankee, Wednesday's Word
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