My favorite word, at the moment, is "malabarismo," meaning "juggling." Both literally, and figuratively (as in to "juggle a schedule.") I had read about and heard about "Indian jugglers," as in an essay by William Hazlitt. Apparently the art of juggling as we know it was developed by people in India on the Malabar Coast during the period…
My favorite word, at the moment, is "malabarismo," meaning "juggling." Both literally, and figuratively (as in to "juggle a schedule.") I had read about and heard about "Indian jugglers," as in an essay by William Hazlitt. Apparently the art of juggling as we know it was developed by people in India on the Malabar Coast during the period of British rule... but for some reason the association made it into Portuguese and Spanish, but not English.
My favorite word, at the moment, is "malabarismo," meaning "juggling." Both literally, and figuratively (as in to "juggle a schedule.") I had read about and heard about "Indian jugglers," as in an essay by William Hazlitt. Apparently the art of juggling as we know it was developed by people in India on the Malabar Coast during the period of British rule... but for some reason the association made it into Portuguese and Spanish, but not English.
Interesting.