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Posted By: Hydra A person who is deformed - 10/05/07 05:05 PM
Is there a word for a person who is deformed using the combining form terato-?

Does "teratomaton" work?
Posted By: Myridon Re: A person who is deformed - 10/05/07 05:14 PM
Teratomaton - the trillion vegetables in "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" movies.

On a more serious note, are you serious about labelling people as "monster acting"?
Posted By: Hydra Re: A person who is deformed - 10/05/07 06:07 PM
I don't want to label anyone anything. This is just a word question. Is there a terato noun for teratological creatures?
Posted By: Hydra Re: A person who is deformed - 10/05/07 06:07 PM
(Nice tomato joke, BTW)
Posted By: BranShea Re: A person who is deformed - 10/05/07 06:20 PM
Originally Posted By: Myridon
Teratomaton - the trillion vegetables in "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" movies.


You also have the latin word for deformed tomatoe?
Posted By: tsuwm Re: A person who is deformed - 10/05/07 06:47 PM
Originally Posted By: Hydra
I don't want to label anyone anything. This is just a word question. Is there a terato noun for teratological creatures?


teratism
Posted By: Myridon Re: A person who is deformed - 10/05/07 08:36 PM
Originally Posted By: BranShea
You also have the latin word for deformed tomatoe?


lycopersicum deformis - the deformed wolf-peach. The Romans didn't have a word for tomato since it's a New World plant.

Posted By: BranShea Re: A person who is deformed - 10/05/07 09:40 PM
ah, you are so right of course, that escaped my goofmind.Lycopersicum deformis- the deformed wolf-peach sounds interesting though. I'll google it right away.

SHOOT!
You won't believe this: I google lycopersicum deformis + images and this is what I get:"solanum lycopersicum"


lycopersicum


What is it this forum: Wonderland?Abacadabra?

EDIT: Myridon, I'm no latinist,(would have liked it though).
(?)Haha! By now I know you fooled me well! No wolf no peach.I could have known after the sempervirens etc. business, but.. I had a good laugh out of it.So you now deserve this awful unlubricous smile: It kept me off the street.
Posted By: zmjezhd Re: A person who is deformed - 10/06/07 01:59 PM
lycopersicum deformis

Maybe in ISV English, but in Latin, it would be lycopersicum deforme: neuter nominative-accusative singular of a third declension adjective.
Posted By: dalehileman Re: A person who is deformed - 10/06/07 03:39 PM
"monstrosity"

Found it by entering in OneLook's reverse dictionary

deformed human
Posted By: Hydra Re: A person who is deformed - 10/07/07 09:53 AM
Quote:
"monstrosity"

Found it by entering in OneLook's reverse dictionary

deformed human


Ahem.

Quote:
Is there a word for a person who is deformed using the combining form terato-?
Posted By: Faldage Re: A person who is deformed - 10/07/07 11:22 AM
How do you deform someone using the combining form terato-? I should think messing with their DNA would be a much more effective method.
Posted By: Hydra Re: A person who is deformed - 10/07/07 12:41 PM
Ba da boom, peesh!
Posted By: dalehileman Re: A person who is deformed - 10/07/07 03:35 PM
You have to forgive an old codger on the verge of senility

I have resolved to read more carefully

It probably won't help
Posted By: Faldage Re: A person who is deformed - 10/07/07 03:46 PM
All seriousness aside, how about teratomorph?
Posted By: Hydra Re: A person who is deformed - 10/07/07 06:47 PM
The ugly brother of Meso, Ecto, and Endo.
Posted By: tsuwm Re: A person who is deformed - 10/07/07 11:13 PM
watsamatta youse guise? you don't think teratism , from the same root, is a good word?

-joe (me, I got the tarantism) friday

edit: speling it rite (and I got it right the first time!)
Posted By: Faldage Re: A person who is deformed - 10/07/07 11:15 PM
Originally Posted By: tsuwm
taratism


I ghess, if yu spel it rait.
Posted By: Faldage Re: A person who is deformed - 10/07/07 11:20 PM
Originally Posted By: Myridon
Teratomaton - the trillion vegetables in "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" movies.


From tera-, trillion and (duh) tomato. Not from terato.

Close but no chewgar.
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