#40: petrous

7/19/2015

the guard's face petrous
until thrice the little girl
tugged at his coattail

The abuse these chaps face on a daily basis is incredible.
I imagine they laugh themselves silly when they're off duty
so they can be serious when they're on.

And the Full Treatment here:

DEFINITION of this 2-syllable adjective:

like stone, especially in hardness; stony; rocky.
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the
internal auditory organs; petrosal.

In light of the above, I laughed out loud when I saw this ad!
Well done.

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