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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
"defenestration" literally means "removing windows", it was a sort of pun for the cunning linguists here.
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Hm. According to my grades I'm a cunning linguist but I have to confess--I didn't get it. I often wander into threads I don't get and ponder them...sometimes I even say something stupid. It's all for the children.
PPS--a fenestrated drape, in medical-lingo, does indeed mean a drape with a hole in it--a 'window', if you will. It is usually used to stitch up fingers and...ya know...other *ahem* appendages.
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.
"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
—James Barrie
Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum
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