electric

While "pacific" became a geographic designation as a result of its abstract meaning, today's word has grown an abstract one from the literal. Once again, I prefer the less literal meaning, perhaps because of the flexibility. But there is a certain something in the definition itself that I find appealing. Anything can be endowed with some dynamic inner life or energy when described as electric. Such a prevalent notion is this that one wonders what word might have been the equivalent before the advent of the word "electricity" in the early 1600s.

Sidenote: Apologies for the brief entry. It's been a difficult day. I promise not to let this happen often.