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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread a little-used word #129815 06/29/04 09:09 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,592 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,592 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA 13º Royal Arch of Enoch A little webresearch (actually, I was wondering whether this Enoch might have anything to do with Enoch Root of Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Trilogy) led me to the word desuetude, meaning fallen into disuse. ["L. desuetudo, from desuescere, to grow out of use, disuse; de + suescere to become used or accustomed: cf. F. désuétude," according to ARTFL Project's Webster Dictionary, 1913 Edition] Do you suppose this could be another example of the linguistic contraction that made "eleëmosynary" into "alms" ? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted M. q. a. h., II Jackie 06/29/04 04:06 PM Re: M. q. a. h., II shanks 06/29/04 04:20 PM Re: M. q. a. h., II Jenet 07/03/04 09:26 AM Re: Knight of the Eagle & Pelican AnnaStrophic 07/03/04 02:17 PM Re: Knight of the Eagle & Pelican Jackie 07/07/04 01:38 AM Re: Knight of the Eagle & Pelican Faldage 07/07/04 10:46 AM any pretext for another post tsuwm 07/07/04 01:09 PM Re: M. q. a. h., II TheFallibleFiend 06/29/04 08:11 PM a little-used word wofahulicodoc 06/29/04 09:09 PM Re: M. q. a. h., II Jackie 06/30/04 03:29 PM Re: M. q. a. h., II AnnaStrophic 06/30/04 05:30 PM Re: M. q. a. h., II Buffalo Shrdlu 06/30/04 05:30 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,421 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,351 guests, and 10 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,592 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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