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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: enantiodromic #131575 08/19/04 12:37 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem OP veteran OP jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California does 'drom-' or 'dromic' have something to do with meaning round, or circular? It's Greek for running: dromos 'racecourse', dramein 'to run'. Plaindromes are running backwards, and hippodromes are for losing your moolah in. And to tie in the Olympics: Greek dromax 'good at running'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted statim stet jheem 08/16/04 03:41 PM Re: statim stet jheem 08/16/04 03:55 PM Re: statis Jackie 08/18/04 01:38 PM Re: statis jheem 08/18/04 01:45 PM Re: stead statt stat jheem 08/18/04 04:01 PM Re: stead statt stat Jackie 08/18/04 04:31 PM Re: stead statt stat jheem 08/18/04 04:58 PM Re: stead statt stat tsuwm 08/18/04 05:30 PM Re: stead statt stat jheem 08/18/04 05:57 PM Re: enantiodromic tsuwm 08/18/04 06:55 PM Re: enantiodromic jheem 08/18/04 07:11 PM Re: enantiodromic Jackie 08/18/04 11:45 PM Re: enantiodromic jheem 08/19/04 12:37 AM Re: the agony of defeat Buffalo Shrdlu 08/19/04 01:18 AM Re: the agony of defeat jheem 08/19/04 03:05 AM Re: closed after one night... Buffalo Shrdlu 08/19/04 10:26 AM Re: plaindromes AnnaStrophic 08/19/04 11:55 AM Re: baskadodromes jheem 08/19/04 12:49 PM What do fancydromes do? (I didn't make these up) Owlbow 08/19/04 02:11 PM Re: schmancy fans jheem 08/19/04 02:30 PM Re: What do fancydromes do? (I didn't make these up) Jackie 08/20/04 12:55 AM [discreet throat-clearing e] Jackie 08/24/04 01:49 AM Re: stead statt stat Buffalo Shrdlu 08/18/04 04:52 PM Re: stead statt stat jheem 08/18/04 05:19 PM Re: stead statt stat AnnaStrophic 08/18/04 07:41 PM Re: stead statt stat jheem 08/18/04 08:11 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,990 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 696 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 18 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,956 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,953 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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