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Topic Options #134089 - 10/14/04 08:23 AM recalcitrant jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California recalcitrant :- "1. Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance." AHD (< L re- 'again' + calcitro 'to kick' < calx 'heel') "He was huge, deformed and lacking in fiber, moral or otherwise: mute, indocile, mulish, and constipated." Philokopros Skybalarch, Locus ipse stercoratissimus. Top #134090 - 10/14/04 08:46 AM Re: recalcitrant AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York ROTFL! Love the source, all of which I understood except for Skybalarch; can you toss a pearl this way? Top #134091 - 10/14/04 08:54 AM Re: recalcitrant Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont damn. where's that Latin dictionary?... is Skybalarch related to O'Roseary? _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #134092 - 10/14/04 08:56 AM Re: recalcitrant jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California Thank you; you are too kind. Greek skubalon 'manure, dung'. The -arch has been debated for years: is it like the -arch in mensarch 'beginning' or the -arch in monarch 'ruler'? Top #134093 - 10/14/04 09:00 AM Re: recalcitrant jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California I meant menarche, mensarch is a bouy's only boat, I think. Top #134094 - 10/15/04 04:23 PM Re: recalcitrant wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3774 Loc: Worcester, MA . Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance." AHD (< L re- 'again' + calcitro 'to kick' < calx 'heel') Not from calculus = little stone, or am I just overworked and therefore too concrete and failing to see whimsy and humor where they are intended? Top #134095 - 10/15/04 05:58 PM Re: recalcitrant jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California to see whimsy and humor Calx 'heel' and calculus 'stone' are probably related as things that tread and things trodden upon respectively. Calx is cognate with heel also. 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 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 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 Forum Stats 8419 Members 16 Forums 13685 Topics 209703 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members Stephen A, fgjhgjk, Nora Francis, sabosophie, Lore Lorena 8419 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 21 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 84 jenny jenny 67 wofahulicodoc 45 endymion6 44 BranShea 36 Rhubarb Commando 25 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 Faldage 17 Jackie 16 tsuwm 15 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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