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ECHT, NATE - It's true, Herr Hale wofahulicodoc 07/27/2026 8:22 PM
ECHINATE

PRONUNCIATION: (EK-uh-nayt)

MEANING: adjective: Spiny or bristly.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin echinus (hedgehog, sea urchin), from Greek ekhinos (hedgehog, sea urchin). Earliest documented use: 1668.
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ECHINASE - enzyme found in certain marine predators which will digest tough, spiny starfish skin

E-CHINA TEA - a virtual beverage from the Orient

ECH INNATE - Ugh! He was born that way.
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OK, so I'm a loudmouth wofahulicodoc 07/27/2026 2:46 AM
JOUSTING

drop J

GUNSHOT


I retract. Doesn't work in several ways. Back to the drawing board...
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Re: Common long words wofahulicodoc 07/26/2026 8:16 PM
And then there are Stanley Kunitz' self-reported "favorite" words:
"eleƫmosynary" and
"phantasmagorical"

A friend of his made a documentary movie about him - I don't know whether it was ever released to the general public - and posed the question to him. They sound different as he uttered them.
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