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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread quinombrom #17357 01/28/2001 11:59 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta "The Economist" cites this word in its obituary of the philosopher Willard Quine: He would have had a fondness for the quinombrom, an old word for conundrum, defined in James Howell's "Lexicon Tetraglotton" of 1660: "You will judge, perhaps, that the author hath some strange freaks, or quinombroms, in his noddle." Worth a revival? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted quinombrom Bingley 01/28/2001 11:59 AM Re: quinombrom tsuwm 01/28/2001 2:43 PM Re: quinombrom wwh 01/28/2001 3:33 PM Re: quinombrom Jackie 01/28/2001 9:16 PM Re: quinombrom jmh 01/29/2001 8:14 AM Re: quinombrom Capital Kiwi 01/29/2001 10:11 AM 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,281 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 7 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,136 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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