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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Negative words with no positive Sunsh49 #195167 12/20/10 02:37 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 It should be noted that the prefix dis- is not always a negating prefix. In particular, the dis- of disgruntled is not negating, it is intensive. Another case of dis- being used as an intensive is in the word disannul. YCLIU. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Negative words with no positive Sunsh49 12/15/10 06:20 PM Re: Negative words with no positive LukeJavan8 12/15/10 09:14 PM Re: Negative words with no positive BranShea 12/15/10 10:28 PM Re: Negative words with no positive Sunsh49 12/15/10 11:05 PM Re: Negative words with no positive tsuwm 12/15/10 11:35 PM Re: Negative words with no positive beck123 12/16/10 12:01 AM Re: Negative words with no positive beck123 12/16/10 12:10 AM Re: Negative words with no positive Candy 12/16/10 03:24 AM Re: Negative words with no positive Buffalo Shrdlu 12/16/10 12:31 PM Re: Negative words with no positive olly 12/16/10 08:57 PM Re: Negative words with no positive Jackie 12/20/10 01:13 AM Re: Negative words with no positive Faldage 12/20/10 02:37 AM Re: suppletion without affixation zmjezhd 12/20/10 02:12 PM Re: suppletion without affixation BranShea 12/20/10 11:09 PM Re: suppletion without affixation Jackie 12/21/10 04:12 AM Re: suppletion without affixation BranShea 12/21/10 07:15 PM Re: suppletion without affixation olly 12/21/10 10:29 PM Re: suppletion without affixation Jackie 12/22/10 12:22 AM Re: suppletion without affixation zmjezhd 12/22/10 03:00 AM Re: suppletion without affixation Faldage 12/22/10 12:01 PM Re: suppletion without affixation LukeJavan8 12/22/10 03:13 PM Re: suppletion without affixation Buffalo Shrdlu 12/22/10 01:16 PM Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,375 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 241 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,563 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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