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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: looking for a word: mountain ranges #149637 11/03/2005 2:00 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Why does sfumato make me think: smokiness? Because in Italian fumare 'to smoke' and sfumare 'to fade, evaporate' are both related. The latter has a prefix s- prepended. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted looking for a word: mountain ranges skirkrudeen 11/01/2005 10:39 PM Re: looking for a word: mountain ranges Zed 11/01/2005 11:33 PM Re: looking for a word: mountain ranges Elizabeth Creith 11/02/2005 12:26 PM sfumato TEd Remington 11/02/2005 1:49 PM Re: looking for a word: mountain ranges skirkrudeen 11/02/2005 11:48 PM Re: looking for a word: mountain ranges Jackie 11/03/2005 1:46 PM Re: looking for a word: mountain ranges zmjezhd 11/03/2005 2:00 PM Re: looking for a word: mountain ranges Father Steve 11/03/2005 7:50 PM Re: looking for a word: mountain ranges TEd Remington 11/03/2005 9:23 PM Re: looking for a word: mountain ranges Elizabeth Creith 11/04/2005 2:33 AM Re: looking for a word: mountain ranges Jackie 11/04/2005 3:09 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

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