Thursday - 03/12/03 10:57 PM
massage, griffonage, partage, cabotinage, parquetage, montage, decoupage, persiflage, montage, entourage,
corsage, decolletage, bocage, triage, dressage, arbitrage, effleurage, and panachage. Can you think of others?
Here is an interesting play on the Gryphon's name. Gubernatis, in his Zoological
Mythology, explains that "...as Apollo is the prophetical and divining deity, whose oracle,
when consulted, delivers itself in enigmas, the word griffen, too, meant enigma, logogriph
being an enigmatical speech, and griffonage an entangled, confused, and embarrassing
handwriting." Incidentally, griffonage is the only word that still sees (moderate) use
today.
partage = saving
cabontinage - a conry contribution to Carolyn's Corner = poor acting, coined from French actor's name.
Not to be confused with "cabotage" = coastwise shipping
parquetage = abstraction, referring to flooring
montage - artwork combining images from various sources
corsage - f;pwers worn over
entourage - a group accompanying an important person
decoupage - the art of cutting out designs
corsage - a small bouquet of flowers worn typically over the left pectoral area
decolletage - a dress with neckline low enough to display cleavage
bocage - the wooded countryside of northern France
triage - in disasters, the sorting of cases according to suitabillity for treatment.
dressage
n.
5Fr, training < dresser, to arrange, train < OFr drecier: see prec.6 exhibition riding or horsemanship in which the horse is controlled in certain difficult steps and gaits by very slight movements of the rider
arbitrage
5LME < Fr < arbitrer, to judge < L arbitrari: see ARBITRATE; for 2, < Fr arbitrage6
1 a simultaneous purchase and sale in two separate financial markets in order to profit from a price difference existing between them
2 a buying of a large number of shares in a corporation in anticipation of, and with the expectation of making a profit from, a merger or takeover: in full risk arbitrage
vi.
3traged#, 3trag#ing to engage in arbitrage
effleurage (noun) -
1. a rhythmic stroking
"effleurage of the abdomen is used in the Lamaze method of childbirth"
panachage - something to do with elections. I couldn't find a good definition. Closest I could come was:
"for more than one candidate across different party lists (known as panachage),"
corsage, decolletage, bocage, triage, dressage, arbitrage, effleurage, and panachage. Can you think of others?
Here is an interesting play on the Gryphon's name. Gubernatis, in his Zoological
Mythology, explains that "...as Apollo is the prophetical and divining deity, whose oracle,
when consulted, delivers itself in enigmas, the word griffen, too, meant enigma, logogriph
being an enigmatical speech, and griffonage an entangled, confused, and embarrassing
handwriting." Incidentally, griffonage is the only word that still sees (moderate) use
today.
partage = saving
cabontinage - a conry contribution to Carolyn's Corner = poor acting, coined from French actor's name.
Not to be confused with "cabotage" = coastwise shipping
parquetage = abstraction, referring to flooring
montage - artwork combining images from various sources
corsage - f;pwers worn over
entourage - a group accompanying an important person
decoupage - the art of cutting out designs
corsage - a small bouquet of flowers worn typically over the left pectoral area
decolletage - a dress with neckline low enough to display cleavage
bocage - the wooded countryside of northern France
triage - in disasters, the sorting of cases according to suitabillity for treatment.
dressage
n.
5Fr, training < dresser, to arrange, train < OFr drecier: see prec.6 exhibition riding or horsemanship in which the horse is controlled in certain difficult steps and gaits by very slight movements of the rider
arbitrage
5LME < Fr < arbitrer, to judge < L arbitrari: see ARBITRATE; for 2, < Fr arbitrage6
1 a simultaneous purchase and sale in two separate financial markets in order to profit from a price difference existing between them
2 a buying of a large number of shares in a corporation in anticipation of, and with the expectation of making a profit from, a merger or takeover: in full risk arbitrage
vi.
3traged#, 3trag#ing to engage in arbitrage
effleurage (noun) -
1. a rhythmic stroking
"effleurage of the abdomen is used in the Lamaze method of childbirth"
panachage - something to do with elections. I couldn't find a good definition. Closest I could come was:
"for more than one candidate across different party lists (known as panachage),"