Sorry, that information about the word "bosky" being in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" was on this web page:

http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives/0199

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That web page has quotations with every entry. The quotation for the word bosky [BOS-kee] is:

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

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And that's kinda fitting but we're cool because by focusing on these bosky words, we're trying to be more knowledgeable-though the only action we're doing is using our fingers to do the walking [to borrow a saying from a USA "Yellow Pages" telephone book advertisement.


Here's another example on that web page which loosely fits this thread (or at least, loosely fits two parts of this thread-since this thread is made up of multiple subject parts just the way I like it)

"Date: Sat Jan 23 00:04:26 EST 1999
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--cellarer
X-Bonus: Let this be an example for the acquisition of all knowledge, virtue, and riches. By the fall of drops of water, by degrees, a pot is filled. -The Hitopadesa

cellarer (SEL-uhr-uhr) noun

A person, as in a monastic community, who is responsible for maintaining the supply of food and drink."

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Enjoy!