fleshment · noun — the act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning.
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Why “fleshment” is a great word
The excitement or heightened eagerness attending a successful beginning. From the verb 'flesh' (to initiate or incite, especially by feeding raw flesh to a hawk or hound to excite it for the hunt) and the noun-forming suffix '-ment'. Unlike 'momentum', which suggests a force already established and continuing, or 'inauguration', which denotes a formal ceremony stripped of visceral feeling, fleshment is the raw, primal spark of initiation itself. It is the hound's first baying cry on the scent, the writer's surge upon finding the perfect opening line, or the hawk's shudder of recognition when the gauntlet opens—a fleeting, feverish state where blood and possibility are still inseparable, and desire and action are one trembling thing.
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Etymology
From flesh + -ment.
noun
- The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning.
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