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Posted By: wwh facundity - 01/27/03 05:07 PM
facundity = eloquence. I could not find the etymology thereof.
"Old MS.-The qwilk sayd, our toung we sal wyrchip, our lippes er of us, qwas our
Lorde? Tha Ypocrites worchepes thair toung; for thai hee tham self janglyng and
settes in thaire pouste to do mykil thyng and grete: and thai rose tham that thair
lippes that es thair facund and thair wyls er of tham self, nought of God, ne of haly
menes lare; for thi that say qua es our Lord? that es, qwat es he to qwas rewle and
conversacioun we sal be undir lout? and confourme us til? Als so to say, That es
none. "

Posted By: wwh Re: facundity - 01/27/03 05:10 PM
"facundity" is not to be confused with "fecundity". But facundity, properly employed, may
be necessary prelude to initiation of fecundity.

Posted By: wwh Re: facundity - 01/27/03 05:17 PM
fagin = now justifiably politically incorrect. A sinister character in Dickens' Oliver Twist, who
taught street kids to steal for him.

Posted By: wwh Re: fatuous - 01/27/03 05:23 PM
fatuous
adj.
5L fatuus, foolish < IE base *bhat3, to strike > BATTER16
1 complacently stupid or inane; silly; foolish
2 [Archaic] like an ignis fatuus; illusory; unreal

—SYN SILLY
fat$u[ous[ly
adv.
fat$u[ous[ness
n.


Posted By: wwh Re: fauces - 01/27/03 05:36 PM
fauces
n.pl.
5L, throat, gullet6 [with sing. v.] the passage leading from the back of the mouth into the pharynx
fau4cial 73*!l8
adj.


Posted By: wwh Re: fauteuil - 01/27/03 05:40 PM
fauteuil
n.
5Fr < OFr faldestoel, FALDSTOOL6 an upholstered chair; esp., one with open arms


Posted By: wwh Re: fauvism - 01/27/03 05:42 PM
fauvism
n.
5Fr fauvisme < fauve, wild beast, orig. adj., fawn-colored, dun < OFr < Frank *falw < Gmc *falwa, FALLOW26 [often F3] a French expressionist movement in painting at the beginning of the 20th cent., involving Matisse, Derain, Vlaminck, etc.: it was characterized by bold distortion of form and the use of strong, pure color
fauve 7fbv8 or fau4vist
n., adj.


Posted By: wwh Re: faviform - 01/27/03 05:48 PM
From Forthright' Phrontistery:
favela
slum area
faveolate
honeycombed
faviform
shaped like a honeycomb
favonian
of or relating to the west wind; mild and favourable

Posted By: wwh Re fedelini - 01/27/03 05:51 PM
"The little faithful ones" = yet another variety of pasta

Posted By: wwh Re: feijoada - 01/27/03 05:57 PM
Feijoada (Brazilian Black Beans). Here it is, in all its glory! This is the national dish
of Brazil. ... What a beautiful sight! Garnish for feijoada: ...
www.maria-brazil.org/beans.htm search within this site

Posted By: AnnaStrophic Re: feijoada - 01/27/03 06:08 PM
Oh my! There's a whole lot more to feijoada than just beans... yum!

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