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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread The words this week #148055 09/19/2005 2:39 PM Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 1 California greenridge stranger greenridge stranger Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 1 California I am looking forward to the word "euonym" showing up this week sometime. It was a Spelling Bee winner in 1997 and used recently in a New York Sun crossword puzzle. I found it hard to locate in some online and home dictionaries. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: The words this week #148056 09/20/2005 12:44 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Well, now you've got me looking for it, too, greenridge--I don't know what it means! I do know there's a plant called euonymous (sp?). Welcome to you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: The words this week #148057 09/20/2005 2:51 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass http://onelook.com/?w=euonym&ls=a <sigh> Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: The words this week #148058 09/20/2005 2:08 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Awwright, you can quit that danged sighing. I was gonna LIU, if it didn't appear by the end of the week! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 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

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