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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread saltant #106769 07/01/2003 1:48 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 There was a word new to me in the definition:"frequentative". frequentative adj. 5L frequentativus < frequentare, to frequent6 Gram. expressing frequent and repeated action n. Gram. a frequentative verb !“sparkle” is a frequentative of “spark”" Reminds me of a ribald tale available by PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: frequentative #106770 07/02/2003 11:09 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Sounds like a linguistic term. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: frequentative #106771 07/03/2003 4:24 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1 Palm Bay, FL w_halbert stranger w_halbert stranger Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1 Palm Bay, FL Linguistic term/example: 'rogito: frequentative form of rogo (1), "I ask for;" thus "I keep asking for" ' Warren Halbert Warren Halbert Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: frequentative #106772 07/14/2003 12:02 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont rogito I've been called that before... formerly known as etaoin... 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 Website 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

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