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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread a little-used word #129815 06/29/2004 9:09 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,077 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,077 Likes: 2 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 06/29/2004 4:06 PM Re: M. q. a. h., II shanks 06/29/2004 4:20 PM Re: M. q. a. h., II Jenet 07/03/2004 9:26 AM Re: Knight of the Eagle & Pelican AnnaStrophic 07/03/2004 2:17 PM Re: Knight of the Eagle & Pelican Jackie 07/07/2004 1:38 AM Re: Knight of the Eagle & Pelican Faldage 07/07/2004 10:46 AM any pretext for another post tsuwm 07/07/2004 1:09 PM Re: M. q. a. h., II TheFallibleFiend 06/29/2004 8:11 PM a little-used word wofahulicodoc 06/29/2004 9:09 PM Re: M. q. a. h., II Jackie 06/30/2004 3:29 PM Re: M. q. a. h., II AnnaStrophic 06/30/2004 5:30 PM Re: M. q. a. h., II Buffalo Shrdlu 06/30/2004 5:30 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

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