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----please, draw me a sheep----
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faculent
(fr. L. fax, torch)
obs. rare
Giving forth light like a torch; bright, clear
compare luculent
(not to be confused with feculent!)
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fax must have wanderbursched off to fakkel and fackel in Germanic languages. = torch
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heres one
Fatiloquent
Fa*til"o*quent\, a. [See Fatiloquist.] Prophetic; fatidical. [Obs.]
Fatiloquist
Fa*til"o*quist\, n. [L. fatiloquus declaring fate; fatum fate+ Loqui to speak.] A fortune teller.
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 So which is the more prestigious one: the quent or the quist? What's the difference between loquent and loquist, you lurking latinists?
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So which is the more prestigious one: the quent or the quist? What's the difference between loquent and loquist, you lurking latinists? would be an adjective and loquist a noun.
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Which keeps me wondering why a Fatiloquist is not a Holy Prophet, but a cheapy greasy fortune teller. Why is the adjective prophet and the noun profane?
( maybe I'm scripticritic after all )
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>maybe I'm scripticritic after all
or maybe just a criticaster.
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Welsh?? are you accusing me of welching?!  Naw--it just occurred to me that tsuwm rhymes with cwm--well, almost.
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Welsh?? are you accusing me of welching?! Naw--it just occurred to me that tsuwm rhymes with cwm--well, almost. where's dat bashing head into brick wall icon? you know the one I mean.
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