The D'Angeline tongue was the language spoken by the people of Terre d'Ange.
Words[]
Words that are unique to the D'Angeline tongue. They are words that are consistently written in italics in the novels.
- abeyante
- a kneeling position: head bowed, hands clasped[1]
- anguissette
- a person marked by Kushiel
- joie
- a clear liqueur made from a flower that grows in the snow[2]
- languisement
- oral sex
- sangoire
- a color, a red so dark it is nearly black[3][4]
- signale
- a code word of surrender that requires a patron to stop[5]
References[]
- ↑ Kushiel's Dart, "Chapter 9" — I fell into habit without a trace of forethought, kneeling on the cushions in the prescribed position; abeyante, head bowed, hands clasped before me.
- ↑ Kushiel's Dart, "Chapter 5" — It is tradition to drink joie on Longest Night, that clear, heady liqueur distilled from the juice of a rare white flower which grows in the mountains and blossoms amid the snowdrifts.
- ↑ Kushiel's Dart, "Chapter 16" — Velvet lined with silk, it was a far deeper red than my dress, a red so dark and saturated it was almost black, the color of blood spilled on a moonless night. "The color is called sangoire," he said, watching my face in the mirror as I received his gift. "Thelesis told me that in the seventh century after Elua, it was decreed that only anguissettes might wear it."
- ↑ Kushiel's Chosen, "Chapter 1" — Sangoire is a deeper color, a red so dark it borders upon black. I have seen spilled blood by starlight; it is a fitting color for one such as I, destined to find pleasure in pain. Indeed, the wearing of it is proscribed for any who is not an anguissette.
- ↑ Kushiel's Dart, "Chapter 15" — "It is something they have devised at Valerian House; I spoke to their Dowayne at some length, to learn what was needful. Betimes a patron goes too far in the throes of transport. You know that protestation is part of the game, yes? The signale is beyond that. It is a word, if spoken, that halts all play."