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#AtoZChallenge – F is for Fatiferous

4/6/2014

Fatiferous

Fate-bringing; deadly, mortal, destructive

[Latin fatifer; fatum fate + ferre to bear, bring.]

The relic sat in the pedestal, a light shining over it and making the gold engravings glint. People swarmed around it like hungry wolves. They were elated to be part of history as it unfolded.

If only they understood the dangers of the fatiferous object before them.

Ten people died in the jungles searching for it. When it was found, sickness struck and claimed the lives of five of the archeologists. The captain of the plane that carried it across the ocean killed himself shortly after landing.

The ancients who created it, after all, had named it Death.

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19 Comments

Saralee

4/6/2014 02:08:29 pm

I had to check this out because I had no idea what fatiferous meant and I was fairly certain it was a describing word for someone pleasantly plump, like meself. ;) lol

Sophie Duncan link

4/6/2014 03:39:58 pm

Well this is a jolly thing to start the morning with ;P You certainly managed to catch the meaning of the word in your piece - quite the fatiferous (incidentally, you taught me a new word, I never knew you could <i>bring</i> fate before) and also fatalistic snippet!
Sophie
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Tasha link

4/6/2014 06:34:57 pm

I did not know this word :) That's a dark little fic you have there, very ominous.
Tasha
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Carolyn Brown link

4/6/2014 10:51:57 pm

The story is coming along fine. Makes me want to play the game.

Alex J. Cavanaugh link

4/6/2014 11:21:16 pm

I don't think I'd want to be in the same room with it...

Crystal Collier link

4/6/2014 11:53:39 pm

Ooh! I love this one. I could totally use it in pretty much everything I write. I loved that last line "...had named it Death."

Aditi link

4/7/2014 12:25:36 am

Again a brilliant piece. The word fits in perfectly with this dark fiction!<a href="http://www.makeitbeayoutiful.blogspot.in">Aditi, dropping from A2Z </a>

PammyPam link

4/7/2014 01:40:30 am

wooooooh what a great word. it kinda scares me. i kinda like it!

mooderino link

4/7/2014 03:22:23 am

Never heard this word before, now I want to work it into my next story.

mood

Larry Kollar link

4/7/2014 04:05:48 am

Coniferous = cone-bearing. Fatiferous = fate-bearing. Makes perfect sense!

Makes me wonder about those ancients, though. "Hey, things are pretty boring." "Hey, I know! Let's make an artifact that brings death to whoever sees it!"

LuAnn Braley link

4/7/2014 05:41:19 am

Don't let the US government know, or the object will wind up in a stenciled wooden box in a wearhouse in a 'alleged' area of New Mexico. :p

Not at all what I thought it was going to be, but a great word!

LuAnn Braley
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Tui Snider link

4/7/2014 08:06:39 am

Fatiferous? Another great word, Patricia! :D

~Tui Snider~
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C. Lee McKenze link

4/7/2014 08:39:10 am

And I thought I had a super keen vocabulary. I've never heard of this word before today. Writing it down.

djinnia link

4/7/2014 09:12:29 am

whoa! i am stunned by the epicness of this post!

Colin link

4/7/2014 10:40:11 am

I guess since the Latin (fatus) has a long a sound (fah-tus), you can pronounce the word "fah-tiferous" which makes it sound less like some kind of adipose attraction. ;)

We both did well for endings today--great last line. :)

Kim link

4/7/2014 01:18:05 pm

Oh, wow, I love the word <i>fatiferous</i>! Great expert as well :)

Gail A Park link

4/8/2014 09:21:54 am

These are great! Never heard of this one either. Might be hard to use it in a normal sentence though...I tried to look back and see the reveal post of your theme but didn't see where you actually explained what your emphasis was for the challenge. Gail

M.J. Fifield link

4/9/2014 12:08:49 am

That's an awesome word. I'm definitely writing that one down.

Patricia Lynne link

4/9/2014 12:29:35 am

@Saralee, there are no words to describe someone as unique as you. ;)

@Sophie, what can I say? I like killing characters... maybe too much.

@Tasha, and now you do!

@Carolyn, do want to play a game? XD (Actually, I've never seen the Saw movies so I'm not sure if that's the exact wording.)

@Ninja Captain Alex, no, you really don't.

@Crystal, that's cool. You should throw it in a story.

@Aditi, thanks!

@PammyPam, that was the goal: to scare a little. =D

@Mood, yes, do!

@Larry, it's because the ancients didn't have Twitter to occupy them. ;)

@LuAnn, the government could try, but there'd be a lot of death in the process!

@Tui, thanks!

@C.Lee, there's always room for more new words. =D

@Djinnia, thanks. ^_^

@Colin, yes, we rock!

@Kim, thanks!

@Gail, thanks. I know my reveal post is somewhere. Maybe this relic got it. =O

@MJ, thanks. =D

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