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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Deified reified #129176 06/08/2004 12:15 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 It occurred to me (in a totally irrelevant context) that, if reify is a word composed entirely of affixes, then so is deify. Any comments? Any other words like that? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cosa nostra #129177 06/08/2004 1:22 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California The re in reify is from Latin res 'thing' and the de in deify is from deus 'god'. There are homonymous prepositions, too. (Of course, I could be missing a joke here as I am wont to do.) Better to think of bus made up as it is of one half of a suffix. Or ism. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Reified Deified? #129178 06/08/2004 6:09 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok The ultimate expression of materialism ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cosa nostra #129179 06/08/2004 8:24 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 missing a joke I *did say if. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cosa nostra #129180 06/09/2004 2:21 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont homonymous oh, bosch... 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 Website 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 View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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