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percipient
PRONUNCIATION:(per-SIP-ee-ant)
MEANING:
adjective: Having deep insight or understanding.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin percipere (to perceive), from per- (thoroughly) + capere (to seize). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kap- (to grasp), which also gave us captive, capsule, capable, capture, cable, chassis, occupy, deceive, gaff, caitiff, and captious. Earliest documented use: 1659.
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percipiant - E. O. Wilson
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persipiants
wine tasters
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pencipient: just beginning to be written.
Example: "Rutherford's pencipient novel, Backyard Phoenix, promises to be a blockbuster, although only the opening sentence has been written: 'By the time the barbecue was over, half the Cu 61 had decayed to Ni 61.'"
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OPERCIPIENT - knowledgable about Verdi, Puccini. etc. (viz. Milton Cross)
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sagacious
PRONUNCIATION:(suh-GAY-shuhs)
MEANING:
adjective: Having keen judgment or wisdom.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin sagire (to perceive keenly). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sag- (to seek out), which is also the source of seek, ransack, ramshackle, forsake, and hegemony. Earliest documented use: 1607.
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sagaious - a proneness to turn a mundane event into a saga.
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staygacious stick-to-it-isnous
spraygacious like unto a skunk
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SAGARIOUS = amiable but given to telling long, convoluted stories. Think: Garrison Keillor
SALACIOUS = given to telling salty stories
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With thee two I am reminded of the
"now you know", that's the "rest of the story" guy.
Senior Moment.
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temerarious
PRONUNCIATION: (tem-uh-RAR-ee-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Presumptuously or recklessly daring or bold.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin temere (rashly).
Earliest documented use: 1532.
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temparous(noun) - a really, really, temporary worker.
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tetherous animals bound by 'leash laws'
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With these two I am reminded of the
"now you know", that's the "rest of the story" guy.
Senior Moment. (That'd be Paul Harvey, yes?) TEMEROARIOUS - The players on my side had the audacity to be shouting loudly. (Also we don't spell so gude.)
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malapert
PRONUNCIATION:(MAL-uh-puhrt)
MEANING: adjective: Boldly disrespectful.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French mal- (bad, wrong) + apert (bold, insolent, clever), from Latin apertus (open). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wer- (to cover), which also gave us overt, cover, warranty, warren, garage, garret, garment, garrison, garnish, guarantee, and pert. Earliest documented use: 1400.
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malavert verb - the act of avoiding that which is bad
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Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
With these two I am reminded of the
"now you know", that's the "rest of the story" guy.
Senior Moment.
(That'd be Paul Harvey, yes?)
I used to listen daily, could see his face, and continued
to scratch my head. Finally gave up.
Paul Harvey: thanks.
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malatort the act of avoiding litigation
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malaport - them French pirates are coming up on our left side...
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MALAPEST - an awkward poetic foot guaranteed to disrupt the scansion of any verse
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lex loci
PRONUNCIATION:(leks LOH-sy, -kee, -ky)
MEANING:noun: The law of the place.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin lex (law) + locus (place). Earliest documented use: 1832.
NOTES: Lex loci says that the law of that country or jurisdiction applies where the act was done.
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TEX LOCI (noun) - if you wanna play music in Texas you'd better have a fiddle in the band.
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Rex Loci - the set of dinosaurs equidistant from a case in point
Lex Lock - tied up in legal red tape
Lex Loki - injustice in Asgard
Lex Loca - crazy immigration policy
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Lex pokey -Superman's nemesis in jail
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Ooo, wofa, that's brilliant.
lex lopi: Cops! Let's run!
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suborn
PRONUNCIATION:(suh-BORN)
MEANING: verb tr.: To induce another to perform an unlawful act or give false testimony.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin subornare, from sub- (secretly) + ornare (to equip). Other words that derive from ornare are adorn and ornate. Earliest documented use: 1534.
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SUNBORN- we are the stuff of stars
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That's a beautiful thought, JJ.
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SUBARN - where Pedro keeps the livestock
SUBORB - a bathysphere
SUBORAN - recently-identified Algerian oil reserve, as yet untapped because it lies beneath a major metropolitan area
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stewbarn where food is prepared for the 'hoedown'
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mens rea
PRONUNCIATION: (MENZ REE-uh)
MEANING: noun: Criminal intent.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin mens rea (guilty mind). Earliest documented use: 1861.
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mens rep - a vulgar mind
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mens rec poetic scratchings on restroom stall dividers.
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mens rhea = male ostrich
mens read = Playboy Magazine
mens rear = don't even go there !
And if we bend the rules j-u-u-s-t a bit, salving our guilty conscience (a real "mens rea"?) by changing both words the same way -
amens area = evangelical meeting hall
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Are you sure you don't have too much time on your
hands?, he said tongue-in-cheek.
mens reap bordello
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mens tea: afternoon gathering in a pub.
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attorn
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-TUHRN)
MEANING:
verb tr.: To turn over rent, goods, etc. to another.
verb intr.: To agree to be a tenant of a new landlord of the same property.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old French atorner (to assign to), from a- (to) + torner (to turn). An attorney is the person one turns to to represent oneself. Earliest documented use: 1458.
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athorn: 1. a sharp, woody spine on the branch of an oak. 2. practicing to play a brass instrument.
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peeping Tom
PRONUNCIATION:
(PEE-ping tom)
MEANING:
noun: Someone who gets sexual pleasure from secretly watching others; voyeur.
ETYMOLOGY:
From the legend of Lady Godiva who rode unclothed through the streets of Coventry, England to persuade her husband to lower taxes on the people. All the townfolk shuttered their windows, except for a tailor named Tom who couldn't resist and watched. Earliest documented use: 1769.
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WEEPING TOM - Tom after the King raised axes instead of lowering taxes
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peeing tom: feline surveyor.
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beeping Tom what the lady turkeys are having to put up with
at this time of the year.
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nice nelly
PRONUNCIATION:(nys NEL-ee)
MEANING:
noun: A person excessively concerned with propriety, modesty, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: A specialized use of the name Nelly, a nickname for Helen or Eleanor. Earliest documented use: 1922.
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ICE NELLY - as in "Whoa Nelly!"
The night was dark the sky was blue
Down the alley the ice wagon flew
It hit a bump and somebody screamed
You shoulda heard just what I seen
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Nice Telly - Radiodiffusion Television Francaise with a Southern accent RTF
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nosy parker or nosey parker
PRONUNCIATION: (NOH-zee PAHRK-uhr)
MEANING: noun: An overly inquisitive person.
ETYMOLOGY:
From nosy + the name Parker. It's not clear who this person was. Earliest documented use: 1890. Also see, quidnunc.
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COSY ARKER Brit. - crowded but comfortable
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noisy barker neighbor's dog
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