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Posted By: wwh AWAD archives - 06/14/03 02:04 PM
I figured out a way of exhuming words from the archives.
See how many you can remember. If you want me to post
brief definition in next batch, ask me by PM to do so.
These are from two months in 1994

incunabulum
prothalamion
cachet
cachet
shibboleth
shibboleth
caravansary
poetaster
hamadryad
hamadryad
moiety
verdigris
eclat
autochthonous
chrematophobia
--colophon
gyve

petard
prestidigitation
tumbrel
simony
nepenthe
nepenthe
nepenthe
neoteny
necromancy
necromancy
amaranth
dumbwaiter
orthoepy
tufa
garcon (with cedilla under the “c”
nostrum
caravel
pellucid
escutcheon
lambent




Posted By: dxb Re: AWAD archives - 06/16/03 09:29 AM
Looked up two or three of these that rang no bells with me. Fascinated to find that 'chrematophobia' is the fear of wealth. Is this actually a documeted condition? If so how frequent is it I wonder? I should really like to develop it so that I can feel happier regarding my financial position!

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