Tristram Shandy Word Search
This Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne (1759) word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — characters, settings, and objects from the book. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Written by Laurence Sterne · First published 1759 · Novel.
Words to find: TRISTRAM, SHANDY, YARROW, TOBY, CELIA, UNCLE, MORTALITY, DIGRESSION, NARRATIVE, PHILOSOPHY, MEMORY, MUTABILITY.
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Tristram Shandy word list, defined
- SHANDY /ˈʃændi/ · noun
- A refreshing mixed drink made by combining beer with lemonade or another nonalcoholic mixer, such as ginger ale or soda water. Recipes vary by region and establishment, with proportions and mixers differing widely. Related: beer-and-lemonade, beer-and-lemonade drink, beer-and-soft-drink mixture.
- YARROW /ˈjæroʊ/ · noun
- A hardy perennial plant of the daisy family, with finely divided leaves and dense clusters of small white, pink, or occasionally pale yellow flowers. It has a distinctive, often pungent aroma and a long history of use in traditional herbal medicine. Related: milfoil, sneezewort, woundwort.
- TOBY /ˈtəʊbi/ (British English); /ˈtoʊbi/ (American English) · noun
- A mug or tankard, especially one used for serving beer. In some regional dialect usage, a pike, a freshwater fish. Related: mug, tankard, jug, cup.
- UNCLE /ˈʌŋkəl/ · noun
- A person who is the brother of one's parent, or more broadly, the husband of one's aunt.
- MORTALITY /mɔːrˈtæləti/ · noun
- The quality or condition of being mortal and therefore subject to death. The term also denotes the number or proportion of deaths in a particular population during a given period. Related: death, mortality rate, mortality, fatality.
- DIGRESSION /daɪˈɡrɛʃən/ — stress on the second syllable; the vowel of the first syllable is the diphthong in 'die', followed by 'GREH-shun'. · noun
- A digression is a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing, or the act of making such a departure. Related: tangent, aside, excursion, diversion.
- NARRATIVE /ˈnærətɪv/ · noun
- A spoken or written account of connected events, especially one that presents a particular point of view or interpretation. A narrative may be a story, a sequence of events, or the broader structure through which experiences are communicated. Related: story, account, tale, chronicle.
- PHILOSOPHY /fəˈlɒsəfi/ (British), /fəˈlɑːsəfi/ (American) · noun
- The branch of knowledge concerned with fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, reality, morality, and human values. The word can also refer to a particular system of philosophical thought or a personal approach to life. Related: thought, reasoning, ethics, metaphysics.
- MEMORY /ˈmɛməri/ · noun; verb
- Memory is the mental capacity to retain, retrieve, and recall information, experiences, and impressions. By extension, it can refer to an individual recollection, a person or event remembered, or the storage and retrieval of information by a computer or other system. Related: recollection, remembrance, recall, reminiscence.
- MUTABILITY /ˌmjuːtəˈbɪləti/ · noun
- The quality or property of being capable of change or alteration. It refers especially to the capacity of a thing, system, or state to be modified rather than remaining fixed. Related: changeability, variability, flexibility, inconstancy.
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