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Brick and mortar OED comes up blank. I suppose we could break it down into Latin roots; what book did the Österreicher friend get this word out of?
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Dear Max: I think the Austrian needs a new keyboard. Her "e" just isn't working.
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Maybe it's a factitious word, like absquatulate. Does the prefix ab-- have a particular meaning? I ask because absquatulate reminds me of abscond, in beginning sounds and somewhat in meaning. Is squatulate a word?
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The word reminds me of "equilibrium".
Maybe the two are related.
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you guys ought to listen to dr. bill now and then; sometimes he gets onto something. :-/ equilibristic a., of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, an equilibrist (One who is skilled in feats of balancing; esp. a rope-walker, acrobat.) http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/
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Yeah! I figured it was a missing E at the beginning of the word, but got here too late (sometimes I have to work  ). Good on ya, Dr. Bill.
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Did anyone notice that Apples + Oranges posted, despite the fact that that name is no longer in the database?
Come in, blithe spirit? Boy, the ectoplasm is sure cold around here!
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Did anyone notice that Apples + Oranges posted, despite the fact that that name is no longer in the database?
Yep, and she (I think--sorry if I misremember) still gets Private Messages, too---unless it went into the ether.
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