Jan. 26th, 2013

Say What?

Jan. 26th, 2013 12:02 am
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It's time for this week's quote!

There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes - Doctor Who

Use the quote in whatever way you like: give me a drabble, an icon, a short fic, use it to begin a long fic, or make a wallpaper from one of your fandoms to illustrate it, or any other creation you are inspired to make.
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Keen (adjective)
keen [keen]


adjective
1. finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
2. sharp, piercing, or biting: a keen wind; keen satire.
3. characterized by strength and distinctness of perception; extremely sensitive or responsive: keen eyes; keen ears.
4. having or showing great mental penetration or acumen: keen reasoning; a keen mind.
5. animated by or showing strong feeling or desire: keen competition.
6. intense, as feeling or desire: keen ambition; keen jealousy.
7. eager; interested; enthusiastic (often followed by about, on, etc., or an infinitive): She is really keen on going swimming.
8. Slang. great; wonderful; marvelous.

Origin: before 900; 1930–35 for def. 8; Middle English kene, Old English cene; cognate with German kühn, Old High German chuoni bold, Old Norse kœnn wise, skillful

Synonyms
1, 4. See sharp.
2. cutting, bitter, caustic.
3. piercing, penetrating, acute.
4. discerning, acute, astute, sagacious, shrewd, clever.
5. See avid.
7. earnest, fervid.

Antonyms
1, 3, 4. dull.

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

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