DVS
A ghost from your dreams
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Yes, I"m old enough to remember that um...infamous song.babiesmiles said:Here is where volare means to fly , and volatile is a very generic noun to indicate a bird , and even more generically an adjective for anything "with wings" or which "can fly". ( Not for angels, fairies or butterflies though)
Here volatile also is used , like in English, as adjective ( oil industry term ) to indicate a substance which passes to the liquid /solid state to gasiform ( cause to do it the substance right vola i.e. flies ) , and I guess its why you asked me if here birds drink gasoline![]()
Moreover volatile can be used, as in English again , to indicate the unsteadiness of stock exchange markets.
Instead if one feels aulic or poetic can use it to define ( but its rare) something fickle , evanescent or ephimeral .
All above from the latin etymology volo = to fly , and I guess in English too it has the same latin root .
As you can see its a term for every season and here is really late to go more in deepth with its several meanings .
An hint .... here Volare was also a very famous song in the past.![]()
But, I have found yet another meaning. When I was younger, we would inhale the fumes from gasoline...yes, we were bored, small town kids. Only for about 5 seconds at a time, and it would make us light headed and kind of flighty. I don't recall any wings sprouting, though. Actually, I think that's a good thing.
You wouldn't think a snappy talker like myself would have such a past, would you.



