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MARMOREAN
PRONUNCIATION: (mahr-MOHR-ee-uhn)
MEANING: adjective: Resembling marble or a marble statue, for example, in smoothness, whiteness, hardness, coldness, or aloofness.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin marmor (marble). Earliest documented use: 1656.
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KARMOREAN - fated
MAKMOREAN - having a higher salary
MARKMOREAN - a whiz of a graffiti artist
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AFFLATUS
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-FLAY-tuhs)
MEANING: Noun: A creative impulse or inspiration.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin afflatus (a breathing on), from ad- (to) + flare (to blow). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhle- (to blow), which also gave us blow, bladder, blather, blast, flavor, inflate, and flatulence. Earliest documented use: 1649.
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ABFLATUS - what you get from crunches and situps
WAFFLATUS - 1. an indecisive pufferfish; 2. waffles made with club soda
AFFLAYUS - we were soundly beaten by the team from Air Force Academy
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Apflatus- pre-programmed inspiration app for your i-phone
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PEREGRINATION
PRONUNCIATION: (per-i-gruh-NAY-shushn)
MEANING: noun: Traveling from place to place, also a course of travel, especially on foot.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin peregrinari (to travel abroad), from peregrinus (foreign), from peregre (abroad), from per- (through) + ager (field, country). Ultimately from the Indo-European root agro- (field), which is also the source of agriculture, acre, peregrine, pilgrim (a variant of peregrine), and agrestic. Earliest documented use: 1475.
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PREGRINATION - like the Mona Lisa: having the ghost of a smile, with a hint of bigger things to come (see also EREGRINATION)
PELEGRINATION - the South American people are happy about their star soccer player
PUREGRINATION - face wreathed with unalloyed joy
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OSTENTATIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (os-tuhn-TAY-shuss)
MEANING: adjective: Pretentious or vulgar display in an attempt to impress others.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ostentare (to display), frequentative of ostendere (to show), from ob- (against) + tendere (to stretch). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ten- (to stretch), which is also the source of tense, tenet, tendon, tent, tenor, tender, pretend, extend, tenure, tetanus, hypotenuse, tenable, extenuate, countenance, tenuous, distend, pertinacious, and detente. Earliest documented use: 1590.
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OUSTENTATIOUS - making a great spectacle of overthrowing the King
OFTENTATIOUS - frequently flamboyant
OSTEOTATIOUS - spectacularly bony
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BEHOOF
PRONUNCIATION: (bi-HOOF)
MEANING: noun: Advantage; benefit.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English behof (profit, need). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kap- (to grasp), which is also the root of captive, capsule, chassis, cable, occupy, deceive, caitiff, captious, and gaff. Earliest documented use: around 1275.
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HEHOOF - a pun that up and kicks you in the stomach (pronounced HEE-hoof or sometimes HEH-oof)
BEWOOF - in weaving, to place the crosswise threads on a loom
BEHOFF - what a Cockney does to leave quickly; equivalent of U.S. "Amscray" or "Giddaddahere!"
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COMMINUTE
PRONUNCIATION: (KOM-uh-noot, -nyoot)
MEANING: verb tr. and intr.: To pulverize.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin comminuere, from com- (intensive prefix) + minuere (to lessen). Ultimately from the Indo-European root mei- (small) that also gave us minor, minister, diminish, minimum, menu, mystery, and mince. Earliest documented use: 1626.
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COMMINUT - Karl Marx was crazy
COMPMINUTE - my salary is very low
COMMINURE - organic fertilizer, straight from the dairy farm
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MAFFICK
PRONUNCIATION: (MAF-ik)
MEANING: verb intr.: To celebrate boisterously.
ETYMOLOGY: Back formation from Mafeking (now Mafikeng), a town in South Africa, where a British garrison was besieged for 217 days during the Boer War. Lifting of the siege on May 17, 1900, sparked wild celebrations in London. Earliest documented use: 1900.
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MAFLICK - 1. a movie about Massachusetts; 2. a movie about my second University degree; 3. my French movie;. 4. my French policeman
MAFTICK - an adhefive with a fpeech impediment
HAFFICK - 50% disgusting
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INHERE
PRONUNCIATION: (in-HEER)
MEANING: verb intr.: To belong to something by its very nature; to be an inseparable part of something.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin inhaerere (to be attached), from in- (in) + haerere (to stick). Earliest documented use: 1563.
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GINHERE - sign on a speakeasy (compare SINHERE, WINHERE, etc, for various other institutions of doubtful propriety)
IMHERE - response to "Where are you?"
ITHERE - friendly greeting to a stranger
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SPAVINED
PRONUNCIATION: (SPAV-ind)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Suffering from spavin, a disease involving swelling of hock joints in a horse. 2. Old; decrepit; broken-down.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French espavain (swelling). Earliest documented use: 1430.
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SPYVINED - acted like James Bond of the Apes
SPAVEINED - how your legs look after too much time in the Jacuzzi
SPAVITED - Is Dad coming to the party?
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sipavined- a ne'er-do-well red vine sipper
spalined- thru the Vail of Colorado
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PLATITUDINARIAN
PRONUNCIATION: (plat-i-tood-n-AR-ee-uhn, -tyood-)
MEANING: noun: One who utters platitudes or trite remarks.
ETYMOLOGY: From French plat (flat). Ultimately from the Indo-European root plat- (to spread), which is also the root of flat, to flatter, plan, plant, plantain, plateau, plaza, platinum, supplant, and transplant. Earliest documented use: 1854.
Remove the initial letter and you get latitudinarian.
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PLATITUDINARINN - a rooming house where the guests can speak to each other only in trite remarks
PLATOTUDINARIAN - one who assumes the attitudes of Greek philosophy
PLATIPUDINARIAN - an animal-lover who dotes on duck-billed egg-laying mammals from eastern Australia and Tasmania
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Splatitudinarian- overbearing, crude, knuckle dragging father
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OROTUND
PRONUNCIATION: (OR-uh-tund)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Strong, clear, rich (as in voice or speech). 2. Pompous, bombastic.
ETYMOLOGY: Contraction of Latin ore rotundo (with a round mouth), from ore, from os (mouth) + rotundo, from rotundus (round), from the Indo-European root ret- (to run or roll). Other words derived from the same root are rodeo, roll, rotary, rotate, rotund, roulette, and round. Earliest documented use: 1799.
Remove the initial letter and you get rotund.
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OROBTUND - gold puts me to sleep
OREOTUND - triple-stuffed
OROFUND - dental insurance
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Snuberous- a parent store related to toyserous
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snuberous -  (Never was very fond of begonias, anyway, tuberous or otherwise)
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SUBEROUS
PRONUNCIATION: (SOO-buhr-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Like cork in appearance or texture.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin suber (cork oak). Earliest documented use: 1670.
Remove the initial letter and you get uberous.
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SUBZEROUS - very, very cold
SUBHEROUS - not quite worthy of the Medal of Honor
SUBERUS - sold by Japanese car dealers who can't spell
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snuberous - (Never was very fond of begonias, anyway, tuberous or otherwise) Don't know what that means. Having read that begonias are "watchdogs," I have more insight. If I'd known I would have "put on the dog."
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PARABLE
PRONUNCIATION: (PAR-uh-buhl)
MEANING: noun: A short story that illustrates a moral lesson.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French parable, from Latin parabola (comparison), from Greek parabole (comparison), from paraballein (to compare), from para- (beside) + ballein (to throw). Earliest documented use: 1250.
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PARABBLE - Father was a peasant
PARABOLE - two tree-trunks
PATABLE - couldn't get along together even if they had an income! (PS That's an OLD joke...)
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sparable - naughty monkey Could you 'splain that one for me, please?
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sparable - naughty monkey Could you 'splain that one for me, please? Spar- monkey fist knot and mock combat Sorry, wasn't best phrasing, perhaps.
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Aah. I hadn't associated the monkey's fist with the sparring. Thanks. Now I got it.
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DUBIETY
PRONUNCIATION: (doo-BY-i-tee, dyoo-)
MEANING: noun: Doubtfulness or uncertainty.
ETYMOLOGY: If you’re experiencing dubiety, you are of two minds, etymologically speaking. From Latin dubius (wavering), from duo (two). Ultimately from the Indo-European root dwo- (two) that also gave us dual, double, doubt, diploma (literally, folded in two), twin, between, redoubtable, and didymous. Earliest documented use: 1750.
Remove the initial letter and you get ubiety
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BUBIETY - 1. grandmotherliness 2. Alabama-redneck-ness
CUBIETY - having three dimensions
DAUBIETY - bad artwork
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Dabiety- the quality of being dabonair
To dab or not to dab; Yabba dabba do!
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Hintz- allusions of candor
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CHINTZ
PRONUNCIATION: (chints)
MEANING: noun: A printed and glazed cotton fabric, typically with a flowery pattern.
ETYMOLOGY: From chintz, a printed cotton fabric imported from India, from Hindi chheent (spattering, stain). Earliest documented use: 1614. The word has resulted in the adjective chintzy meaning gaudy or stingy.
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CHINOZ - the latest in fashion pants made of coarse cotton fabric
CHIN-AZ - familiar name for a Harrahs resort in Maricopa, Arizona
CHIN TZU - little-known younger brother of the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, contemporary of Confucius
(and yes, I do know the Chinese naming tradition)
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SESQUIPEDALIAN
PRONUNCIATION: (ses-kwi-pi-DAYL-yuhn)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Polysyllabic.
2. Relating to or using long words.
3. Long-winded.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sesqui- (one and a half) + ped- (foot). First recorded use: 1615.
NOTES: “Sesquipedalian” is a long word about long words. Literally speaking, a sesquipedalian word is one and a half feet long. A related word is sesquicentennial (150th anniversary). Also see sesquipedality.
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RESQUIPEDALIAN - to remove to safety an endangered foot
SESQUIPITALIAN - ROMERO (a Rome and a half)
SEXQUIPEDALIAN - making off-color jokes as he walks along
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DERMATOGLYPHICS
PRONUNCIATION: (duhr-mat-uh-GLIF-iks, -muh-tuh-)
MEANING: noun:
1. The ridge patterns of skin on the inner surface of the hands and feet.
2. The scientific study of these skin patterns.
NOTES: It is one of the longest words with no repeated letters. Can you find another one of the same length? Here’s a hint: you can’t copyright it. It’s ‘uncopyrightable’.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined in 1926 by Dr Harold Cummins (1893-1976) from Greek dermato- (skin) + glyphein (to carve). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gleubh- (to tear apart), which is also the source of cleave, glyph, clever, and clove (garlic). And that’s also where we get cleavage, cleft palate, and cloven hooves. Earliest documented use: 1926.
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DORMATOGLYPHICS - 1. decoration on a building that provides sleeping quarters for many; 2. the greeting on the mat where you wipe your feet before entering said building
DERMATOGRYPHICS - the skin markings on a half-eagle, half-lion mythical beast
FERMATOGLYPHICS - a pictorial or graphic representation of the Last Theorem
(this one even preserves the no-letters-repeated constraint)
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HEMIDEMISEMTQUAVER
PRONUNCIATION: (hem-ee-dem-ee-SEM-ee-kway-vuhr)
MEANING: noun: A sixty-fourth note.
NOTES: It’s a long word about the shortest note in music. For another example of prefixes gone wild, see preantepenultimate (fourth from the last).
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hemi- (half) + French demi- (half) + Latin semi- (half) + quaver (an eighth note), from Middle English quaveren (to shake or tremble). Earliest documented use: 1853.
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HE.MADE.MI.SEMI.QUAVER - what the Concorde pilot did when he flew over my big truck at supersonic speed
HEMI.DEMISE.MIQU-OVER - 1. half dead because of a bad job of dubbing
2.half-dead because of a bad transformation
HEMI.DEMI.SEMI.QUAKER - my great-grandfather came from Lancaster, PA
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SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (soo-puhr-ka-li-fra-juh-lis-tik-eks-pi-ah-li-DO-shuhs)
MEANING: adjective: Extraordinarily wonderful.
ETYMOLOGY: A fanciful formation. Earliest documented use is from 1949, though this word was popularized by the 1964 film Mary Poppins.
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SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOLUS - whut HE said, only a little one
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTIC.EXPAL.IDOCIOUS - used to be my best friend
SUPERCALE.FRAGILIST.ICEXPIALIDOCIOUS - extremely fine, luxurious sheets
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BRAHMIN
PRONUNCIATION: (BRAH-min)
MEANING: noun: A member of the upper class, having wealth, social status, and political power.
ETYMOLOGY: From Sanskrit brahmin, a member of the priestly class, the highest of the four classes, from Brahma, the creator of the universe in Hinduism. Earliest documented use: 1481.
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CRAHMIN - what you'll find Harvard students doing if they've left all their course work undone until the day before the final exam
BROHMIN - third lightest halogen, Atomic No. 35
BRAHMSIN - an orgy of listening to a loop of the Academic Festival Overture
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(married Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra, too, she did)
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AVATAR
PRONUNCIATION: (AV-uh-tahr)
MEANING: noun:
1. An embodiment of a concept.
2. A representation of a person or thing in computers, networks, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Sanskrit avatar (descent, as of a god from heaven to the earth), from ava- (away) + tarati (he crosses). Ultimately from the Indo-European root terÉ™- (to cross over or pass through, to overcome), which also gave us through, thorough, transient, nostril, and thrill. Earliest documented use: 1784.
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AMATAR - a doctor who sails for the pure love of it
AVIATAR - a Navy pilot who flies from aircraft carriers
JAVATAR - the gunk left in the bottom of your coffepot after it all boils out
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PUNDIT (or PANDIT)
PRONUNCIATION: (PUN-dit)
MEANING: noun:
1. A learned person.
2. A person who offers commentary or judgments as an expert on a certain topic.
ETYMOLOGY: From Hindi pandit, from Sanskrit pandita (learned). Earliest documented use: 1661.
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Since we have two variants -
PUNPIT - the seed of the next bit of clever wordplay
SPUNDIT - what Meadowlark Lemon did to the basketball
PANDIST - a devotée of Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling and that ilk
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SPUNDIT - what Meadowlark Lemon did to the basketball
I think you once got on me for two letter changes, no????
----please, draw me a sheep----
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Sundit- sun dog millionaire
Pandit- cast iron cookery
Nundit- Mother Theresa like patience
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SPUNDIT - what Meadowlark Lemon did to the basketball
I think you once got on me for two letter changes, no????
Yes, but the Word for the Day is " pundit (or pandit) ". Two choices. I used both! ;-)
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SPUNDIT - what Meadowlark Lemon did to the basketball
I think you once got on me for two letter changes, no????
Yes, but the Word for the Day is " pundit (or pandit) ". Two choices. I used both! ;-) ANd last week you said if there were more than one choice, leave one for others?
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C'mon now, there were four others after I offered mine, including both choices.
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