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Topic Options #125847 - 03/22/04 11:47 AM gnathonic wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Hey, Grapho! does this apply to you? Date: Tue Dec 5 00:01:11 EST 2000 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--gnathonic gnathonic (na-THON-ik) adjective Sycophantic; fawning. [From Latin gnathonicus, derivative of Gnathon- (stem of Gnatho) name of a sycophantic character in the Roman comedy Eunuchus by Terence.] Top #125848 - 03/22/04 11:37 PM Re: gnathonic jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California Thank you, Bill, I haven't laughed so hard since the last millennium. A touch, I do declare. [fanning hisself] Top #125849 - 03/23/04 06:11 AM Re: gnathonic consuelo Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 2636 Loc: Caribbean Made me grin, it did! Lucky I wasn't sipping my coffee as I read it... Top #125850 - 03/23/04 09:24 AM Re: gnathonic AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York Lucky I wasn't sipping my coffee as I read it... I wasn't so lucky! That's hilarious, Dr Bill... Top #125851 - 09/11/04 10:14 AM Re: gnathonic Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... There is a helluva lot of coffee sipped around this place and a helluva lot of it is spewed out. Bunch of gargoyles. (cross-thread ref. from this morning's looking around below the equator.) Top #125852 - 09/13/04 07:08 PM Re: gnathonic Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada Zing! 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 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 Newest Members Stephen A, fgjhgjk, Nora Francis, sabosophie, Lore Lorena 8419 Registered Users

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