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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread chrestomathy #122843 02/13/2004 7:42 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Date: Tue Nov 12 01:51:42 EST 1996 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--chrestomathy chres.tom.a.thy \kre-'sta:m-*-the-\ n [NL chrestomathia, fr. Gk chre-stomatheia, fr. chre-stosX useful + manthanein to learn; akin to Skt hrasva small 1: a selection of passages compiled to aid in learning a language 2: a volume of selections from an author Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: chrestomathy #122844 02/13/2004 7:48 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Not to be confused with Crestomancy: divination by means of reading toothpaste squeezed out of the tube. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: chrestomathy #122845 02/13/2004 8:03 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont good one, fb! though, as a reader of young adult lit, I thought of these: http://www.scifan.com/series/series.asp?SR_seriesid=1448 formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: chrestomathy #122846 02/14/2004 1:15 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Crestomancy Not to be confused with christomancy: divination by anointing with oil. 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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