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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread 2 words meaning - of unknown origin and credited after death #180045 11/03/2008 7:27 AM Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4 wutword stranger wutword stranger Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4 these two words escape me. The first means: of unknown origin such as an ancient manuscript. The second means: authorship credited after death Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2 words meaning - of unknown origin and credited after death wutword #180047 11/03/2008 12:44 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: wutword The second means: authorship credited after death Posthumous is used in this context, but it's a more general term than just one referring to credit of authorship. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2 words meaning - of unknown origin and credited after death Faldage #180058 11/03/2008 10:01 PM Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4 wutword stranger wutword stranger Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4 posthumous! thank you. the other is still haunting me. anyone? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2 words meaning - of unknown origin and credited after death wutword #180064 11/04/2008 12:16 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Anonymous probably isn't what you are looking for if you mean the origin rather than author is unknown. Is is a single word or would unknown provenance work? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2 words meaning - of unknown origin and credited after death wutword #180066 11/04/2008 1:41 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY Perhaps for the first, apocryphal would do? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2 words meaning - of unknown origin and credited after death twosleepy #180067 11/04/2008 1:51 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass cryptogenic has exactly that sense, but is usu. used of diseases. anonymous, as was suggested, can take that sense. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2 words meaning - of unknown origin and credited after death tsuwm #180068 11/04/2008 1:57 AM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand Unidentified, Obscure. Not so sure about the latter. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2 words meaning - of unknown origin and credited after death wutword #180069 11/04/2008 2:05 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Welcome, wutword. All I can recall ever seeing in, say, a dictionary is "origin unknown", but. Here's a link to a thesaurus response to my putting in the word "unknown": Roget Possibly one of these will be what you're looking for. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2 words meaning - of unknown origin and credited after death twosleepy #180108 11/06/2008 12:25 AM Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4 wutword stranger wutword stranger Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4 APOCRYPHAL!!!!!!!! thank you! That is the word! My buttocks have seazed to itch. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2 words meaning - of unknown origin and credited after death wutword #180114 11/06/2008 5:27 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I am not sure whether that is a strange reaction to vocabulary expansion or if it should be a new thread under "Information and Announcement" Either way, congratulations. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2 words meaning - of unknown origin and credited after death wutword #180120 11/06/2008 1:50 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Originally Posted By: wutword My buttocks have seazed to itch. that sounds painful. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2 words meaning - of unknown origin and credited after death wutword #180121 11/06/2008 2:14 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY I'm happy to have helped you out! :0) I hate it when my buttocks itch, too... ;0) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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