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tumid
PRONUNCIATION: (TOO-mid, TYOO-)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Swollen.
2. Bulging.
3. Pompous, bombastic.
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From Latin tumere (to swell). Earliest documented use: 1541.
USAGE:
"Her tumid eyes filled with tears and she began to cry."
Joseph Heller; Catch-22.
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HUMID - damp
USAGE: "Her humid eyes filled with tears and she began to cry."
- Joseph Heller before rewrite
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'TUPID Speech impediment for 'stupid'.
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TUMOID - the curiously strong antacid, something between a TUMS and an ALTOID
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tumie - beer belly.
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U > I
TIMID - what we who write here are assuredly not.
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primogeniture
PRONUNCIATION:
(pry-muh-JEN-i-chuhr, pree-, -choor)
MEANING:
noun:
1. The state of being the firstborn or eldest child in a family.
2. The right of succession and inheritance belonging to the firstborn child.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin primus (first) + gignere (to beget). Not to be confused with primogenitor. Earliest documented use: 1500.
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PRIMOGENITLURE - and the second lure is money.
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PRIMOGENISURE - It's a wise first child who knows its own father (sometimes PRIMOGENISIRE)PROMOGENITURE - an ad campaign for www.Ancestry.com
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Not to worry, Wolfman. Einstein was oft times late for a party. But when he arrived everyone stopped and listened. 
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And there are plenty of sites on line to find whichever
primogenitlure is your fancy.
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RECIDIVISM
PRONUNCIATION: (ri-SID-uh-viz-ehm)
MEANING: noun: Relapsing (into smoking, crime, etc.), especially repeatedly.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin re- (again) + cadere (to fall). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kad- (to fall), which is also the source of cadence, cascade, casualty, cadaver, chance, chute, accident, occident, decay, and casuistry . Earliest documented use: 1884.
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We don't need to change anything for this one!
RECIDIVISM - Falling Back again (changing from Daylight Savings to Standard Time)
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OK, OK, if you insist...
REBIDIVISM - irresistable over-optimism in a Bridge-player
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