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Posted By: wwh intarsia - 02/23/03 06:26 PM
intarsia
n.
5It intarsio < intarsiare, to inlay, incrust < in3, in + Ar tarRi, inlay work < raRRa#a, to inlay6 a style of decorative or pictorial inlay, esp. of the Italian Renaissance, involving a mosaic of wood pieces or, sometimes, ivory, metal, etc.


Posted By: wwh Re: iintercalary - 02/23/03 06:29 PM
intercalar[y
adj.
5L intercalarius, intercalaris < intercalare: see fol.6
1 added to the calendar: said of a day, month, etc. inserted in a calendar year to make it correspond to the solar year
2 having such a day, month, etc. added: said of a year
3 interpolated or inserted


Posted By: wwh Re: intercostal - 02/23/03 06:30 PM
between the ribs.

Posted By: wwh Re: internecion - 02/23/03 06:39 PM
internecion = mutual destruction (such as result of a nuclear war)

Not to be confused with:
iinternecine
adj.
5L internecinus < internecare, to kill, destroy < inter3, between + necare, to kill: see NECRO36
1 orig., full of slaughter or destruction
2 deadly or harmful to both sides of a group involved in a conflict, as a civil war; mutually destructive or harmful
3 of or involving conflict within a group


Posted By: wwh Re: interofective - 02/23/03 06:45 PM
n·ter·o·fec·tive

adj : of, relating to, dependent on, or constituting the autonomic
nervous system -

Posted By: wwh Re: comrade - 02/23/03 11:11 PM
I was just looking at one of the "engines" episodes, 1772, about camera obscura.
Prof. Lienhard mentioned that "comrade" is derived from "camra" which had never
occurred to me.
comrade
n.
5Fr camarade < Sp camarada, chamber mate < L camera: see CAMERA6
1 a friend; close companion
2 a person who shares interests and activities in common with others; partner; associate: used as a form of address, as in a Communist party
3 [C3] [Colloq.] a Communist; esp., a fellow Communist
—SYN ASSOCIATE
com4rade[ly 73r!d lc8
adj.
com4rade[ship# 73r!d *ip#8
n.


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