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Topic Options #208743 - 01/05/13 04:34 PM Quellazaire - a Cigarette holder scribbler101 stranger Registered: 09/05/06 Posts: 8 I recently discovered this - but cannot get anywhere with the etymology. Doubtless some here will know? Top #208744 - 01/05/13 05:29 PM Re: Quellazaire - a Cigarette holder [Re: scribbler101] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass or not; the wiki entry for cigarette holders at one time mentioned it, but removed it with this explanation: the term does seem to exist, and doesn't seem to be found in any online dictionary (with the exception of Urban Dictionary, which isn't a reliable source). Google search for quellazaire dictionary -"Urban Dictionary" -Wikipedia has yielded only nine hits, none of them relevant. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 08:37, 25 October 2010 (UTC) I agree - lacking a citation, the term should definitely be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.210.67.137 (talk) 06:15, 1 August 2011 (UTC) Top #208745 - 01/05/13 07:37 PM Re: Quellazaire - a Cigarette holder [Re: scribbler101] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13666 Looks like it might be a trade name, in which case etymology might be hard to squeeze out. Also, it has a whiff of French to it which may or may not be helpful in rousting out that etymology. I could see it as a name cobbled together for the sort of person who would use a cigarette holder, a name based largely on the cachet afforded it by its looking French. Top #208747 - 01/05/13 09:20 PM Re: Quellazaire - a Cigarette holder [Re: scribbler101] scribbler101 stranger Registered: 09/05/06 Posts: 8 Thanks for those responses 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 Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13692 Topics 210108 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 54 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 98 wofahulicodoc 70 endymion6 70 jenny jenny 66 teepee 23 Rhubarb Commando 18 Faldage 13 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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