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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread puzzumous #170317 10/02/2007 3:29 PM 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 here's another word mystery.. some olde online resources have puzzumous meaning poisonous; Jeffrey Kacirk (The Word Museum) gives this juicy definition: Disgustingly obsequious. I can't come up with any possible derivation other than L. possumus, we are able – which leads me to neither of these definitions. -joe (puzzlepated) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted puzzumous tsuwm 10/02/2007 3:29 PM Re: puzzumous Myridon 10/02/2007 4:02 PM Re: puzzumous zmjezhd 10/02/2007 4:23 PM Re: puzzumous tsuwm 10/02/2007 4:31 PM Re: puzzumous zmjezhd 10/02/2007 4:42 PM Re: puzzumous tsuwm 10/02/2007 5:05 PM Re: puzzumous zmjezhd 10/02/2007 5:54 PM Re: puzzumous tsuwm 10/02/2007 6:45 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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