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I tried to stay away. AWAD is terribly addicting.
Feetid- recognizable smell of a person's feet
Memory from childhood of me peaking over the end of the couch, investigating my father's smelly feet.
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Growess- a lady-in-waiting to the Faerie Queen. Her main duty, and honor, cultivating the finest herbs and teas.
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PROWESS
PRONUNCIATION: (PROU-is)
MEANING: noun: Superior skill, ability, strength, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Middle French prou (valiant), from Old English prud. Earliest documented use: 1300.
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PRO-LESS - in favor of ding more with fewer resources
PROW-LESS - like the Andrea Doria after her encounter with Stockholm
PROWL-ESS - a hunting female, or "cougar"
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CONDIGN
PRONUNCIATION: (kuhn-DYN)
MEANING: adjective: Well-deserved, appropriate.
ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English condigne, from Anglo French, from Latin condignus, from com- (completely) + dignus (worthy). Ultimately from Indo-European root dek- (to take, accept), which is the ancestor of other words such as dignity, discipline, doctor, decorate, docile, and deign. Earliest documented use: 1413.
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CONSIGN - the convicted forger does it again
CONDIG - attempted escape ahead
CONDIN - the sound of a prison riot
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Inmenuous- It's what's for dinner at a Tolkien themed restaurant called Middle Earth. The Hobbit has 7 courses and the Orc has but one, on a good day.
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INGENUOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (in-JEN-yoo-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Guileless; innocent; frank; naive.
ETYMOLOGY: The word literally means free-born. The earlier meaning of the word was noble or honorable as a free-born or native person was supposed to be. Over time the word shifted to its current meaning. From Latin ingenuus (native, free-born), from in- (into) + gignere (to beget). Earliest documented use: 1598. A related word is ingenue.
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INGENUOUT - Get that sweet innocent little thing OFF my movie lot!
INTENUOUS - barely holding on
KINGENUOUS - monarch of the Enuous tribe
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pecious- the sound made when one pees in the woods.
Speciout- a variant of peace out
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SPECIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (SPEE-shuhs)
MEANING: adjective: Superficially true, but actually wrong.
ETYMOLOGY: Originally, the word meant beautiful or pleasing to the sight. Over the centuries the meaning shifted to describe something that is deceptively appealing. The word is from Latin speciosus (fair, beautiful), from specere (to look). Ultimately from the Indo-European root spek- (to observe), which also gave us speculum, speciesism, soupcon, prospicient, perspicuous, omphaloskepsis, and conspectus. Earliest documented use: 1400.
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SPECKOUS - teeny-weeny
SPECIOU - the dimensions of the Promissory Note
'SPICIOUS - worried that you have a 'terior motive
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Purblond- a "dumb blond" joke book.
Burblind- a sauce made with margarine
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PURBLIND
PRONUNCIATION: (PUHR-blynd)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Partially blind.
2. Lacking in understanding, insight, or vision.
ETYMOLOGY: From pure + blind, meaning completely blind. Over time, the sense shifted to partially blind. Earliest documented use: 1300.
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PUB BLIND - I don't care which bar I patronize, as long as they don't run out
FUR BLIND - I can't see working for PETA
PUR BLAND - the cat is boring, but contented...
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