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An etymological query. Today's word is monesterous. In reading its etymology, I was struck by the similarity between "oistros" for gadfly/madness in monesterous and "Middle English oistre" in oyster. The two abbreviated etymologies are posted below. Any connection between them? They both have Greek ancestors... Where's a tsuwm, toute suite, when ya' need him? OysterETYMOLOGY: Middle English oistre, from Old French, from Latin ostreum, ostrea, from Greek ostreon. http://www.bartleby.com/61/97/O0209700.htmlMONESTEROUSCombining form mon- (one) from Greek monos, mono- + oistros (gadfly, madness).] http://wordsmith.org/words/today.htmlWordWalrus
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No Mammal, Oyster, but...
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Wordwind
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11/21/01 12:22 AM
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wwh
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11/21/01 12:56 AM
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wwh
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11/21/01 03:50 PM
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Wordwind
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11/21/01 08:24 PM
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no friend of the oyster here...
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of troy
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wwh
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11/25/01 12:47 AM
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wwh
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11/25/01 03:29 AM
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tsuwm
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Wordwind
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11/23/01 04:00 PM
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wwh
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11/21/01 10:24 PM
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Wordwind
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Keiva
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11/23/01 12:11 AM
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tsuwm
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