Words appear in order of their appearance.
Glaisne: An Irish word, meaning "grey"; I thought of it because my daughter is playing an elf Ley Line Walker, in our Rifts™ campaign, named Glaisne. Sounds like glaze-knee.
Effleurage: Derivative of a French word, meaning "to stroke, as one would a flower"
Tendrils: From medieval French, meaning "shoot, sprout, cartilage"'; it is used here as if it meant slender, delicate, outstretched & reaching tentacles. (P.S. I am not a Rishi... 8P )
Rishi: From Hindu, meaning "an inspired sage or poet"
Ethereal: From Latin, meaning "light, airy or tenuous"
Gemynd: From Old English, meaning "memory, remembrance, mind"; it is used here as Mind
Troum: From Old High German, meaning "dream"; used here as Dream
Umbra: From Latin, meaning "shade, shadow"; used here as a shadowy apparition
Gurbling: Carrollinian, a composite of gurgling + burbling
Crook: Carrollinian, a composite of creek + brook, with the implication of being twisty
Gloaming: From Old English, meaning "twilight, dusk"
Pavane: French derivative of an Italian word, referring to a specific 16th century dance in France, but used here to mean "a stately dance"
Sacellum: Derivative of the Latin, meaning "shrine", used in its ancient Roman meaning of "a shrine open to the sky"
Limpid: From Latin, meaning "clear", used here with the connotation of purity as well.
Fain: From Old Norse, meaning "happy", used here as "willingly &/or gladly"
Satori: From Japanese, meaning "to awaken", used by the Zen as "sudden enlightenment"
Ananda: From Sanskrit, meaning "joy, happiness", used in Hinduism as "perfect bliss"
Carrollinian: "like the works of Lewis Carroll", it doubles as a pun on Mangy Charles' Carolingian. But you knew that. ;)
Fugle: Derivative from German, meaning "flank" but translates as "to act as a guide or model" too. I really like that Fugle rhymes with bugle...don't know why... *Chuckle*
Gnosis: Derivative of the Greek meaning "a seeking to know" and used as "a knowledge of spiritual matters; mystical knowledge"
Skuggi: From Old Icelandic, meaning "shade, shadow" & used here as "primal soul"
Aurora: From Latin, meaning "Dawn", She is the Roman personification of the Dawn
Make-Bate: Derivative of the Medieval English word "baten." meaning "to fight, strive" & used as "a person who causes contention & discord"
Fluzzes: Carrollinian composite of flies + buzzes
Saltant: From Latin, meaning "dancing, leaping & jumping"
Martinet: From French Gen. Jean Martinet, meaning "a strict disciplinarian, esp. a military one"
Loam: From Old English, here meaning "rich soil", implies soft & black
Cacophony: From Greek, meaning "harsh discordinance of sound"
Censure: From Latin, meaning "strong or vehement expression of disapproval"
Gesticulating: From Latin, meaning "to make or use gestures, esp. in an animated or excited manner with, or instead of, speech"
Charivari: French derivative of the Greek word, which seems to have had the same meaning as Cacophony. I recall seeing this word used to describe, "a light & musical tinkling, like unto that of bells " and that is how I am using it here. Willy Nilly, regardless of seemliness. :P
Rath: Carrollinian composite of road + path and from Old Norse, meaning "quick, active" (of growing plants) used as "blooming," and Old Irish meaning "fort(ification), town, or home"
Greeds: Carrollinian composite of grass + weeds, meaning "self-absorbed temptations"
Phaeton: From Latin, a variation of Phaethon, meaning "a light four wheeled carriage"
Phaethon: From Greek, meaning "to shine". Phaethon was a son of Helios, who borrowed the chariot of the sun & drove it so close to the earth, Zeus had to strike him down to save the earth.
Glissades: From French, meaning "to slip, slide." used here as "a sliding or gliding step"
Cavorts: From North America, meaning "to prance or caper about"
Golange: Carrollinian composite of gold + orange.
Scrambre: Carrollinian composite of scramble + clamber.
Soleil: From French heraldry, meaning "like the sun", as represented by a Sun surrounded by 8 wavy rays, the Cardinal points of which are 3 times longer than the waves pointing NW, NE, SE & SW
Manes: From the Roman word manus, meaning "good", & used here as "the souls of the dead; shades"
Telltale: Edgar Allan Poe allusion, meaning here, "cold, dead and watery blue eyes".
Muspel: An allusion to Muspelheim, Norse land of Fire Giants (which for them is in the south).
Chaise: From French, meaning "chair," used as "a two wheeled, light open carriage"
Glottaled: From Greek, meaning "tongue," used (loosely) as "from the back of the throat"
Arabesque: From French, meaning "in the Islamic style", used as "a sinuous, spiraling, undulating, or serpentine motif"
Argent: Derivative of Latin, meaning "silver", here implicating with moon-white aura too.
Python: From Latin/Greek, meaning "prophetic," used here as "a spirit or demon" and as "a person who is possessed by a spirit and prophesies by its aid," and also as "a large dragon who guarded the Delphi chasm, from which prophetic vapors emerged" (Please Note: Python, as presented here, has the form of an Iroquois Serpent person.)
Falcate: From Latin, meaning "sickle-shaped"
Mantis: From Greek, meaning "of a soothsayer, prophetic"
Tacit: From Latin, meaning, "to be silent", used as "understood w/o being openly expressed"
Aether: From Greek, meaning "burning," used here as "the personification of the clear upper air of the sky"
Scintillating: From Latin, meaning "to send out sparks", used as "animated; vivacious; effervescent" and (loosely) multi-colored.
Afflatus: From Greek, meaning "a breathing on", used as "divine communication of knowledge"
Samadhi: From Sanskrit, meaning (in Hinduism & Buddhism) "the highest stage in meditation, in which a person experiences oneness with the universe"
Schlep: From Yiddish, meaning "to trudge, to carry, or lug"
Chi: From Chinese qi, meaning "breath," used here not only as Vitae, but "Vitae concentrated and made accessible by Will"
Frume: Carrollinian, meaning "grumbling, growling and smoking" (smoking like Morticia Addams)
Dah-neh hoh: From Iroquois, meaning "That is all," and traditionally said at the end of every story.
Drivel: From Old English, meaning "childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense; "twaddle", used here as "this entire meditation"
Masochist: From L. von Sacher-Masoch, meaning "gratification gained from pain etc., inflicted or imposed on oneself, esp. the tendency to seek this form of gratification", used here as "Any of you still reading this Glossary!"