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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread AWAD archives #105650 06/14/2003 2:04 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I figured out a way of exhuming words from the archives. See how many you can remember. If you want me to post brief definition in next batch, ask me by PM to do so. These are from two months in 1994 incunabulum prothalamion cachet cachet shibboleth shibboleth caravansary poetaster hamadryad hamadryad moiety verdigris eclat autochthonous chrematophobia --colophon gyve petard prestidigitation tumbrel simony nepenthe nepenthe nepenthe neoteny necromancy necromancy amaranth dumbwaiter orthoepy tufa garcon (with cedilla under the “c” nostrum caravel pellucid escutcheon lambent Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: AWAD archives #105651 06/16/2003 9:29 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Looked up two or three of these that rang no bells with me. Fascinated to find that 'chrematophobia' is the fear of wealth. Is this actually a documeted condition? If so how frequent is it I wonder? I should really like to develop it so that I can feel happier regarding my financial position! 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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