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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Help with a word? #171179 11/06/2007 4:17 PM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1 LadyM stranger LadyM stranger Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1 I'm reading a book by Harry Emerson Fosdick, and he has used the word ill-bestead two times in the first chapter. A Google search turned up nothing..except various works where the word is used. (Shakespeare, eg.) Can you give me a definition. (As an English major,I should know this word; it's giving me a hard time!) Thanks. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Help with a word? LadyM 11/06/2007 4:17 PM Re: Help with a word? tsuwm 11/06/2007 4:24 PM Re: Help with a word? Jackie 11/07/2007 4:44 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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