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PROBATIVE
PRONUNCIATION: (PRO-buh-tiv, PROB-uh-)
MEANING: adjective: Serving to test something or providing a proof.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin probare (to test or prove), from probus (upright, good). Ultimately from the Indo-European root per- (forward), which also gave us paramount, prime, proton, prow, German Frau (woman), and Hindi purana (old). Earliest documented use: 1453.
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PROM-BAT-IVE - they're going to use this on the pinata at the Senior dance !
PRO-BATH-IVE - ...and don't you forget to wash behind your ears, either
POO-BA-TIVE - given to pompous and grandiose statements about yourself
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Cobbery- corny themed open mic night
Sobbery- crocodile tear factory
Nobbery- easy to turn door faktory
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JOBBERY
PRONUNCIATION: (JOB-uh-ree)
MEANING: noun: The use of a public office for private gain.
ETYMOLOGY: From jobber (wholesaler; one who does odd jobs), from job, of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1769.
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JOBERY - faithful victimness
JOBEERY - Wallace's little sister
JOBBERYL - No. 2 on the jeweler's To-do list, right after Job Amethyst and before Job Citrine
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OSTENSIBLE
PRONUNCIATION: ah-STEN-suh-buhl)
MEANING: adjective: Appearing as such; supposed.
ETYMOLOGY: From French ostensible, from Latin ostendere (to show, stretch out), from ob- (in front of) + tendere (to stretch). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ten- (to stretch), which also gave us tense, tenet, tendon, tent, tenor, tender, pretend, extend, tenure, tetanus, hypotenuse, pertinacious, detente, countenance, distend, extenuate, tenable, tenuous, abstentious, and impertinent. Earliest documented use: 1743.
adjective: Appearing as such; supposed.
ETYMOLOGY: From French ostensible, from Latin ostendere (to show, stretch out), from ob- (in front of) + tendere (to stretch). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ten- (to stretch), which also gave us tense, tenet, tendon, tent, tenor, tender, pretend, extend, tenure, tetanus, hypotenuse, pertinacious, detente, countenance, distend, extenuate, tenable, tenuous, abstentious, and impertinent. Earliest documented use: 1743.
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OSENSIBLE - Irish pragmatism
OSTEN SABLE - a small carnivore found in the forests, flat lands and mountainous areas of east Asia.
OSTENS BIBLE - Holy Writ owned by the author of Jane Eyre
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Osensible- modern day comedy of manners written by, A Chick
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FANE
PRONUNCIATION: (fayn)
MEANING: noun: A place of worship.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin fanum (temple). Earliest documented use: 1400s.
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FANNE - a devotee of women's sports
FAUNE - a girl Bambi
NANE - Sodium Neonide; an inert salt. Doesn't dissolve, doesn't react, doesn't taste, just sits in the bottom of the water-filled beaker and waits. Sort of an anti-Rice-Krispies.
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Arble- a proposal made modest with less garble
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ARABLE
PRONUNCIATION: (AR-uh-buhl)
MEANING: adjective: Suitable for farming.
noun: Land that�s suitable for farming.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin arare (to plow). Earliest documented use: 1400.
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OARABLE - can be rowed
AXABLE - no need to spare that tree, Woodman!
ARABILE - what you read in the Damascus Times
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SHERMANESQUE
PRONUNCIATION: (shur-muh-NESK)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Unequivocal, especially in refusing to run for an office.
2. Brutally thorough, especially in defeating someone.
ETYMOLOGY: After William Tecumseh Sherman, Union general in the American Civil War. Earliest documented use: 1918.
NOTES: The Union general William Tecumseh Sherman didn�t mince words. When he was being considered as a presidential candidate, he said, �I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected.� Since then, a categorical statement, especially a denial, is called Shermanesque. Reporters ask politicians if their announcement not to run for an office is Shermanesque to confirm whether they really mean it.
Sherman also didn�t beat around the bush when it came to military campaigns. His soldiers destroyed infrastructure, farms, etc. in their wake. So the term Shermanesque is also used to refer to a scorched-earth approach.
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SHORMANESQUE - like a sailor on leave
SHERPANESQUE - like a Himalayan mountain-climbing guide
SHEMANESQUE - in-your-face transgender
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Hermanesque- Like the 5th Earl of Shroudshire, lovable, good-natured, clumsy, buffoon.
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