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"nefandous"
~tsuwm
adjective. unspeakable, unmentionable, incapable of being uttered, abominable. Eh?
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Nefandous words are best left nefandous, don't you think? Er...would that be nef-an-dous or ne-fan-dous or ne-fand-ous? Not that I would ever be caught dead saying "nefandous".  Hey Father Steve! I'll be sleeping in Seattle for a week next july at a National Speleological Society convention.
Can you get me a Get-out-of-jail-free card for that week?
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I pronounce it ineffable.
There is another synonym of Latin nefandus which is infandus (from infer). Cf. infans 'infant; speechless' and nefans 'impious, heinous', and fandus 'speaking', all from for 'to speak', whence also fabula 'story, tale'.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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You may be assured that the syllables forming "nefandous" have never ever passed my lips, dead or alive.
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Going by Spanish and my bit of Latin, I'd say ne-fan-dous, but I may be wrong.
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