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Posted By: wwh eucrasia - 01/25/03 08:26 PM
eucrasia - a normal state of health

Posted By: wwh Re:dyscrasia - 01/25/03 08:28 PM
dyscrasi[a
n.
5ModL < ML, distemper, disease < Gr dyskrasia, bad temperament < dys3, prec. + krasis, a mixing < kerannynai, to mix: see IDIOSYNCRASY6 an abnormal imbalance in some part of the body, esp. in the blood


Posted By: wwh Re: eunomics - 01/25/03 08:42 PM
Eunomics - economist jargon, coined 1954 by Lon L. Fuller = the discovery of the
laws of social order

Posted By: wwh Re: euphuism - 01/25/03 08:45 PM
euphuism
n.
5< Euphues, fictitious character in two prose romances by John Lyly < Gr euphycs, shapely, graceful < eu3 (see EU3) + phyc, growth < phyein, to grow (see BONDAGE) + 3ISM6
1 the artificial, affected, high-flown style of speaking or writing used by John Lyly and his imitators, characterized by alliteration, balanced sentences, far-fetched figures of speech, etc.
2 any artificial, high-flown style of speech or writing
3 an instance of this
eu$phu[ist
n.


Posted By: wwh Re: euryene - 01/25/03 08:51 PM
Anthropologist jargon - no clue as to definition, something about skull shape
' The upper faces of
most were not particularly long, and euryene crania are as numerous as mesene; in
Gomera, the euryene are more numerous. ... "

Posted By: wwh Re: evangel - 01/25/03 08:55 PM
evangel .
5ME & OFr evangile < L evangelium, good news (in LL(Ec), gospel) < Gr euangelion, good news (in N.T., gospel) < euangelos, bringing good news < eu3, well + angelos, messenger: see ANGEL6
1 the gospel
2 [E3] any of the four Gospels
3 5Gr euangelos6 an evangelist

So "evangelary" would be an adjective meaning "pertainining to the Gospels"

Posted By: wwh Re: evection - 01/25/03 08:57 PM
evection
n.
5L evectio, a going up, carrying out < evectus, pp. of evehere < e3, out, from + vehere, to carry: see WAY6 a periodical variation in the motion of the moon in its orbit, caused by the attraction of the sun
e[vec4tion[al
adj.


Posted By: wwh Re: eveque - 01/25/03 08:58 PM
eveque is French for "bishop"

Posted By: wwh Re:evolutive - 01/25/03 09:04 PM
evolue
n.
5< L evolutus: see fol.6 Geom. a curve that is the locus of the center of curvature of another curve (called the involute); the envelope of the perpendiculars, or normals, of the involute See INVOLUTE, illus.

So "evolutive" would be adjective derived from "evolute".

Posted By: wwh Re:evulgate - 01/25/03 09:07 PM

evulgate

v.t. make widely known. evulgation,

Posted By: wwh Re: ewery - 01/25/03 09:11 PM
ewer
n.
5ME < Anglo-Fr < OFr evier < ML aquarium, water pitcher < L: see AQUARIUM6 a large water pitcher with a wide mouth

So an "ewery" would be either a collection of water pitchers, or the place where they were kept.


Posted By: wwh Re: exaugural - 01/25/03 09:16 PM
The opposite of inaugural. = retirement
Prof. David Barron's Exaugural

IAM Retired

Here are selected images from David Barron's exaugural. Each small
image leads to an enourmous version.

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Posted By: Faldage Re: evangel - 01/25/03 10:46 PM
Gospel: OE godspell, good news

Evangel: Latin evangelium from Greek euangelion, good news

Posted By: Wordwind Post deleted by Wordwind - 01/25/03 11:16 PM
Posted By: Faldage Re: eucrasia - 01/25/03 11:23 PM
Why pipers?

Because taenicht is Burns nicht.

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