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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread intenerate #103366 05/15/2003 12:53 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "Intenerate" seems so potentially useful I'm surprised it became so rarely used.It reminds me but may not be cognate with "tenesmus" a medicalword for a cruel affliction: tenesmus n. 5ML < L tenesmos < Gr teinesmos < teinein, to stretch: see THIN6 Med. a feeling of urgent need to defecate or urinate, with a straining but unsuccessful effort to do so Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: intenerate #103367 05/16/2003 12:10 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 A quoter from Boswell's Life of Johnson: [7] "April 23, 1753. I know not whether I do not too much indulge the vain longings of affection; but I hope they intenerate my heart, and that when I die like my Tetty, this affection will be acknowledged in a happy interview, and that in the mean time I am incited by it to piety. I will, however, not deviate too much from common and received methods of devotion." 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

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