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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread On a quest for a long ago word #182429 02/05/2009 3:26 PM Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1 Suncoyote stranger Suncoyote stranger Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1 I've been getting a word-a-day for YEARS. I save the words I like, but unfortunately I saved some old ones on Outlook on an old old PC that eventually crashed before I could save emails. Since then I have been on a quest to find a word I remember coming up a long time ago. I remembered it because it seemed applicable to the Dostoevsky I was reading at the time. From what I vaguely recall, the word was an adjective that means something to the effect of: induces/suggests/ a feeling of faith/godliness/religion. "Holy" is a paltry substitution for what the word meant--holy implies that there is some inherent quality of goodness to the object, whereas this word seemed to encompass how an object may suggest or trigger religious feeling in the person. Does this word ring a bell? Or, am I aggrandizing a similar word? Much thanks for your help! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: On a quest for a long ago word Suncoyote #182435 02/05/2009 7:29 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Hello it is amazing you have received this for years and are now just contributing. How could you hold back?? Be welcome. Try some of these; http://www.onelook.com/? http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cache/perscoll_PersInfo.html http://www.bartleby.com/61/82/B0128200.html http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=561505737 http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/toast_2 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: On a quest for a long ago word LukeJavan8 #182450 02/06/2009 5:58 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 http://onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp2&clue=inspirational+religious dalehileman 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. (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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,438 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 22 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,253 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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