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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Rarest word? #147180 09/01/05 05:35 AM Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 38 U ullrich OP newbie OP ullrich newbie U Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 38 Thanks for the info. But I'm left wondering, did the OED polish of the patina of the original definition (I mean from "damnation with faint praise" to the rather dull "ridicule") or did the 3 dollar, pulp-paper, pages-falling-out-on-the-first-day Wordsworth Dictionary of Difficult Words just bungle their definition? It that the OED online you are using? Is it free? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Rarest word? ullrich 09/01/05 05:14 AM Re: Rarest word? tsuwm 09/01/05 05:21 AM Re: Rarest word? Bingley 09/01/05 05:26 AM Re: Rarest word? tsuwm 09/01/05 05:34 AM Re: Rarest word? ullrich 09/01/05 05:35 AM Re: Rarest word? tsuwm 09/01/05 05:59 AM Re: Rarest word? ullrich 09/01/05 06:31 AM Re: Rarest word? Bingley 09/01/05 07:19 AM Re: Rarest word? belMarduk 09/01/05 11:53 AM Re: Rarest word? zmjezhd 09/01/05 01:23 PM scattered connections on the wind tsuwm 09/05/05 02:17 PM Re: scattered connections on the wind Jackie 09/08/05 02:21 AM Re: Rarest word? Faldage 09/08/05 10:48 AM Re: Rarest word? tsuwm 09/08/05 02:33 PM Re: Rarest word? Bingley 09/09/05 04:48 AM Re: Rarest word? Father Steve 09/09/05 05:59 AM 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,898 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 474 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 29 wofahulicodoc 28 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,898 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,947 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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