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replevin, noun, verb.
noun 1. the recovery of goods taken from a person
upon his giving security that the case shall be tried
in court and the goods returned if he is defeated.
2. the writ by which the goods are thus recovered.
v.t. to recover (goods) by replevin.
Believe it or not, I first encountered this word in a pulp magazine cowboy story, about the rancher who got a "writ of replevin" to take possession of some unbranded calves that
Had been found where the rustlers hid them. Then he could show that their mothers
Accepted them back, proving they were indeed his callves.
claque, noun.
1. a group of persons hired to applaud in a theater.
2. a group that applauds or follows another person
for selfish reasons.
Compare with "clique"
clique 7klck; also klik8 I think the second pronunciation stinks. If you're going to use a foreign word, learn how to pronounce it correctly.
n.
5Fr < OFr cliquer, to make a noise: of echoic orig.6 a small, exclusive circle of people; snobbish or narrow coterie
-SYN COTERIE
cliqu4ish 73i*8, cliqu$ey, or cliqu$y 73c8
adj.
cliqu4ish[ly
adv.
bonbonniere, noun.(French.)
1. a candy box.
2. a person or establishment that makes or sells candy.
Abbevillian or Abbevillean, adjective.
of or having to do with a paleolithic culture of
the glacial period in Europe, in which early
recognizable stone tools, crude hand axes, were
made. Formerly called Chellean.
dactyloscopy, noun. A dandy word, but I have never seen it used.
the identification of criminals or other persons
by means of fingerprints.
gemutlich, adjective.(German.)
comfortable and contented; congenial; cozy. And only a mutt would omit the umlaut on the "u".
carolus, noun, pl. -luses, -li.
1. an English gold coin struck in the reign
of Charles I, originally worth 20 shillings.
2. any one of various coins issued under kings
named Charles.
angiocarpous, adjective.
having a fruit enclosed in a distinct covering.
waulk, transitive verb.
to shrink and thicken (woolen cloth) by soaking,
heating, pounding, and rubbing. First time I ever saw it spelled with a "u" There is a well known family name derived from this as an occupation.
disculpate, transitive verb, -pated, -pating.
to free from blame or fault; exculpate.
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gemutlich, adjective.(German.)
comfortable and contented; congenial; cozy. And only a mutt would omit the umlaut on the "u".You sayin' you're a mutt? 
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Dear WO'N: I say again, you wouldn't talk to me like that if my writers were here.
I found it minus the umlaut, and left as I cfound it so I could expose it to your scorn.
There was a book a long time ago by a Yankee eccentric, Timothy Dexter, who had
little schooling, and was sensitive about being corrected. So he put a whole page of
punctuation marks on last page, and invited readers to insert them where they were needed.
àß{}âãéàäüüüü!!!!!!!!!!!
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well then, this demands another question for the usage panel: at what point (if ever) during the anglicization of a word is it acceptable to drop the diacritic(s)?
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Yeahbut® you, yourself, chose to leave the unlaut out when you reposted it, so...
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Realistically it's hopeless, sinceonly a few of us elite (minus the é) have access
to the diacritical marks, hoi polloi have us outnumbered and surrounded.
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The point of no return? I'd say it's when you're too lazy to go to the codes for puttin' 'em in.
The above was written by a big fat laze.
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The point of no return? I'd say it's when you're too lazy to go to the codes for puttin' 'em in.
The above was written by a big fat laze.
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Well, how many times do we now see the double "ee" words, such as purée, without the diacritic mark, sautee? Is this an acceptable transformation or just laziness? Same with cliché/cliche? (or are some printers just trying to save on ink?  )
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how many times do we now see the double "ee" words, such as purée, without the diacritic mark, sautee? Is this an acceptable transformation or just laziness?
Is there a real difference between between that and respelling 'calibre' as caliber, 'centre' as center, metre as meter etc? I don't think so. If we accept the one we can accept the other surely?
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