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OP The interest in the French dictionary (ok, boronia, dictionnaire--belated welcome, by the way) led me to try and find other words that are the same or very similar in both languages. One I put in was fiche. One of the def.'s was fiche dactyloscopique. I googled dactyloscope on a guess, and was led to dactyloscopy: n. comparison of fingerprints for identification. (From The Dictionary of Difficult Words.) Then, I found:
dactyl
n. metrical foot comprising one long followed by two short syllables; Zoology, digit. dactylate, a. like a finger. dactylic, a.; n. verse of dactyls.Same dictionary:
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwords/data/d0004218.html
My question: how did dactyl come to have these two seemingly unrelated meanings?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Fiche-ing for dactyls Jackie 03/01/02 01:15 AM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls Rouspeteur 03/01/02 01:38 AM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls slithy toves 03/01/02 01:46 AM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls Keiva 03/01/02 02:56 AM anapaest, iamb etc NicholasW 03/02/02 09:02 AM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls Jackie 03/02/02 02:04 AM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls wwh 03/02/02 02:08 PM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls consuelo 03/02/02 09:48 PM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls wwh 03/02/02 11:11 PM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls AnnaStrophic 03/03/02 01:32 AM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls Keiva 03/03/02 02:20 AM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls slithy toves 03/03/02 02:51 AM Trochee trips from long to short; NicholasW 03/03/02 08:18 AM
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