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Topic Options #122843 - 02/13/04 02:42 PM chrestomathy wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Date: Tue Nov 12 01:51:42 EST 1996 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--chrestomathy chres.tom.a.thy \kre-'sta:m-*-the-\ n [NL chrestomathia, fr. Gk chre-stomatheia, fr. chre-stosX useful + manthanein to learn; akin to Skt hrasva small 1: a selection of passages compiled to aid in learning a language 2: a volume of selections from an author Top #122844 - 02/13/04 02:48 PM Re: chrestomathy Fiberbabe old hand Registered: 01/12/01 Posts: 771 Loc: Portland, Oregon Not to be confused with Crestomancy: divination by means of reading toothpaste squeezed out of the tube. Top #122845 - 02/13/04 03:03 PM Re: chrestomathy Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont good one, fb! though, as a reader of young adult lit, I thought of these: http://www.scifan.com/series/series.asp?SR_seriesid=1448 _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #122846 - 02/13/04 08:15 PM Re: chrestomathy jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California Crestomancy Not to be confused with christomancy: divination by anointing with oil. Top 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 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 Forum Stats 8424 Members 16 Forums 13687 Topics 209789 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 41 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 86 jenny jenny 58 wofahulicodoc 56 endymion6 50 Rhubarb Commando 37 BranShea 34 Buffalo Shrdlu 15 Faldage 13 zmjezhd 13 tsuwm 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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