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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread .p. 110 #103359 05/14/03 02:51 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 In searching for "mirifical" I found a list of Peacock words, and have hijacked a few: uncommon words in the works of Peacock -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORD MEANING SOURCE accinge (v.) gird C.C., xviii adhibit (v.) apply, employ H.H., v adoperation* (n.) application, use M. agrestic (adj.) rural M.o.E., vi antiperistatical (adj.) contrary to surroundings, antagonistic N.A., viii antithalian* (adj.) non-comic N.A., iv appetency (n.) desire, propensity M.o.E., xi assation (n.) roasting H.H., xiii atrabilarious (adj.) melancholy, ill-tempered N.A., i autochthonous (adj.) home-grown, aboriginal M.o.E., vi compotatory (adj.)* of drinking together G.G., conglobated (ppl.) gathered into a ball G.G., conterminal (adj.)* with a common border C.C., ix contund (v.) pummel, pound, bruise C.C., viii digladiation (n.) argument C.C., x dyslogistic (adj.) ill-sounding, opprobrious C.C., viii eleutherarch (n.) ruler of secret society N.A., ii elixion (n.) boiling H.H., xiii Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: .p. 110 #103360 05/14/03 03:34 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean old hand Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 autochthonous (adj.) home-grown, aboriginal M.o.E., vi I was in French Immersion for a few years in school, and I clearly remember that the Canadian French word for the people we call "First Nations" in English Canada and you call "Native Americans" in the US is autochtone. (Spelling may be wrong.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: .p. 110 #103361 05/14/03 05:36 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Actually, autochthonous is not a rare word, but I used to see it infrequently enough that I had to keep looking it up.I'm surprised it was in the Peacock list. autochthon n., pl. 3thons or 3tho[nes# 730! ncz#8 5Gr autochthon, sprung from the land itself < autos, self + chthbn, earth: see HOMAGE6 1 any of the earliest known inhabitants of a place; aborigine 2 any indigenous animal or plant au[toch4tho[nous 730! n!s8 or au[toch4tho[nal adj. au[toch4tho[nous[ly adv. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: .p. 110 #103362 05/14/03 05:46 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Oh, i like conglobated -- the children played with conglobated snow, pelting the sides of passing busses! conglobated snow-- the word nerd's way of saying snowballs! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: .p. 110 #103363 05/15/03 05:26 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Not to mention having the word Pavonian as an adjective for Thomas Peacock's style, vocabulary etc. A Pavonian website can be found at http://www.thomaslovepeacock.net/ Bingley Bingley 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. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,670 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 183 guests, and 19 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 18 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,769 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,937 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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