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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread vilipend #171851 12/03/2007 4:22 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA vilipend (VIL-uh-pend) verb tr. 1. To treat someone with contempt. 2. To disparage. Unquestionably a Type-3. When I presented it to Laverne she said it sounds like an infection of the bowel dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: vilipend dalehileman #171854 12/03/2007 4:54 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont must be related to vilify? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: vilipend Buffalo Shrdlu #171855 12/03/2007 5:09 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park i guess i am not the only one who sometimes gets the word of the day late.. Yes, it is related to vilify, (and it is the word of the day today) my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: vilipend of troy #171856 12/03/2007 5:21 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Originally Posted By: of troy i guess i am not the only one who sometimes gets the word of the day late.. Yes, it is related to vilify, (and it is the word of the day today) nah, I just don't always read it. I know, heresy. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit type xiv verbs Buffalo Shrdlu #171858 12/03/2007 5:48 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh vilify The -pend of vilipend oughtn't to be confused with pendeō (pendēre, pependī) 'to hang (down), be suspended' (not to be confused with Latin American Spanish pendejo from VL *pectinculus 'small toothed comb', later 'short hairs' < pecto 'to card, comb'), rather it is from pendō (pendere, pependī, pensum) 'to weigh (out), pay; consider'. I suggest that a new adjectival form, vilipensive, be coined tout de suite. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: vilipensive zmjezhd #171859 12/03/2007 6:23 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 [f. ppl. stem of L. vilipendere] Abusive. 1824 Blackw. Mag. XVI. 3 Strains not simply laudative of Oporto, but vituperative and vilipensive of Bourdeaux. 1838 Fraser's Mag. XVII. 468 Southey..tacks vilipensive prefixes and postfixes to several of these. -joe (sorry dhzejmz) friday edit: this'll fit nicely into my 'connections' theme Last edited by tsuwm; 12/03/2007 6:25 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: vilipensive tsuwm #171860 12/03/2007 6:34 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh dhzejmz Oh, well, dang. I'm in good company, though, both Blackwell's and Fraser's magazines: port and cigars in the library. (BTW, the zh in my name is a digraph, i.e., dzhejmz.) fit nicely At yours, hors de service, bootless withal, coz. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: vilipensive zmjezhd #171862 12/03/2007 6:40 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 >dzhejmz mea culpa. -joe (mirror-oversite) friday 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. 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