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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread recalcitrant #134089 10/14/04 12:23 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem OP veteran OP jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California recalcitrant :- "1. Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance." AHD (< L re- 'again' + calcitro 'to kick' < calx 'heel') "He was huge, deformed and lacking in fiber, moral or otherwise: mute, indocile, mulish, and constipated." Philokopros Skybalarch, Locus ipse stercoratissimus. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: recalcitrant #134090 10/14/04 12:46 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York ROTFL! Love the source, all of which I understood except for Skybalarch; can you toss a pearl this way? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: recalcitrant #134091 10/14/04 12:54 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont damn. where's that Latin dictionary?... is Skybalarch related to O'Roseary? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: recalcitrant #134092 10/14/04 12:56 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem OP veteran OP jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Thank you; you are too kind. Greek skubalon 'manure, dung'. The -arch has been debated for years: is it like the -arch in mensarch 'beginning' or the -arch in monarch 'ruler'? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: recalcitrant #134093 10/14/04 01:00 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem OP veteran OP jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California I meant menarche, mensarch is a bouy's only boat, I think. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: recalcitrant #134094 10/15/04 08:23 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA . Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance." AHD (< L re- 'again' + calcitro 'to kick' < calx 'heel') Not from calculus = little stone, or am I just overworked and therefore too concrete and failing to see whimsy and humor where they are intended? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: recalcitrant #134095 10/15/04 09:58 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem OP veteran OP jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California to see whimsy and humor Calx 'heel' and calculus 'stone' are probably related as things that tread and things trodden upon respectively. Calx is cognate with heel also. 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 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 View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,809 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 832 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 17 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,851 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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