vergetate

Updated: June 6, 2025

It is quite inconciliable!" "He is writing a poem!" exclaimed the old professor. "You think he is writing a poem, sir? It's a very absorbing affair, then! But, you know, I don't think he is. He often tells me that he wants to live like a vergetation; he wants to vergetate.

Honoré de Balzac - The Magic Skin