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Oct 30, 2007
This week's theme
Words related to food

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verjuice
jentacular
cibarious
macaronic
xerophagy

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jentacular

(jen-TAK-yuh-luhr) Pronunciation Sound Clip RealAudio

adjective: Relating to breakfast.

From Latin jentare (to breakfast).

"The Gentleman loved to hold that crackling rectangle in front of his face (folded, of course, into courteous fourths), loved the slant of the jentacular sun, the slightly acrid odor of the newsprint, the snappy headlines."
Michael Griffith; Bibliophilia: A Novella and Stories; Arcade Publishing;

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That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit. -Amos Bronson Alcott, teacher and author (1799-1888)

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