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Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Topic Options #105280 - 06/10/03 04:45 AM digladiations Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta Another word from "Crotchet Castle": In this manner they glided over the face of the waters discussing every thing and settling nothing. Mr Mac Quedy and the Reverend Doctor Folliott had many digladiations on political economy: wherein, each in his own view, Doctor Folliott demolished Mr Mac Quedy's science, and Mr Mac Quedy demolished Doctor Folliott's objections. We would print these dialogues if we thought any one would read them: but the world is not yet ripe for this haute sagesse Pantagrueline. We must, therefore, content our selves with an échantillon of one of the Reverend Doctor's perorations. Bingley _________________________ Bingley Top #105281 - 06/10/03 06:00 AM Re: digladiations consuelo Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 2636 Loc: Caribbean Made me think of digging up bulbs in the fall so they wouldn't freeze Top #105282 - 06/10/03 08:53 AM Re: digladiations wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 "Digladiation" sounds as though it was derived from "gladius" meaning sword, hence a sword fight, a duel. Top #105283 - 06/10/03 08:57 AM Re: digladiations Capfka Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/28/02 Posts: 1624 Loc: Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok And that's precisely what it means. Top #105284 - 06/10/03 09:34 AM Re: digladiations Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13658 And consuelo made the connection to gladiolus, so called because of its sword-shaped leaves. Top #105285 - 06/10/03 10:11 AM Re: digladiations Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7185 Loc: Vermont why digladiation, rather than simply "gladiation"? _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #105286 - 06/10/03 10:13 AM Re: digladiations Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13658 why digladiation It takes two to tangle. Top #105287 - 06/10/03 11:40 AM Re: digladiations Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... :) So a three-way fight would be a trigladiation, and on to the tetragladiation! Just like we were discussing a few weeks back the trilemma and tetralemma! Top #105288 - 06/10/03 12:34 PM Re: digladiations Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7185 Loc: Vermont how about duodecagladiation? so gladiation would be an un-specified number of tanglers? _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #105289 - 06/10/03 12:55 PM Re: digladiations tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10464 Loc: this too shall pass di[s]gladiate - [following the usual L. style of dropping the s from dis- before certain consonants] To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to dispute violently. so dis- here could be acting as an intensifier. Top Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8430 Members 16 Forums 13688 Topics 209820 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members supermatthias, prabakaran, sce, Eva, sylviasuper 8430 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 46 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 87 jenny jenny 62 wofahulicodoc 60 endymion6 51 Rhubarb Commando 37 BranShea 32 Faldage 15 Buffalo Shrdlu 15 zmjezhd 13 teepee 11 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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