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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: 7186 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 8454 Members 16 Forums 13692 Topics 210122 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zzflorian, zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad 8454 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 36 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 93 endymion6 69 jenny jenny 68 wofahulicodoc 67 teepee 20 Rhubarb Commando 16 Faldage 14 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June 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

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