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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 25 of 99 1 2 … 23 24 25 26 27 … 98 99 Go to page... ARMOREAN - well-protected wofahulicodoc #226031 12/06/16 01:52 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA 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. _______________________________________ KARMOREAN - fated MAKMOREAN - having a higher salary MARKMOREAN - a whiz of a graffiti artist Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Solmization wofahulicodoc #226038 12/07/16 03:54 AM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Farmoreal- point taken Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter OAF-FLATUS - (res ipsa loquitur) wofahulicodoc #226042 12/07/16 09:28 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA 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. _____________________________________ 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter design inspiration wofahulicodoc #226043 12/08/16 12:29 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada M may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada Apflatus- pre-programmed inspiration app for your i-phone Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter a wandering minstrel I wofahulicodoc #226045 12/09/16 02:08 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA 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. ____________________________ 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter showing off, as usual wofahulicodoc #226047 12/09/16 10:11 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA 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. _______________________________ OUSTENTATIOUS - making a great spectacle of overthrowing the King OFTENTATIOUS - frequently flamboyant OSTEOTATIOUS - spectacularly bony Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter it'll be good for me wofahulicodoc #226057 12/12/16 05:52 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA 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. ______________________________________ 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!" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter I'm crushed wofahulicodoc #226067 12/13/16 10:40 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA 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. ____________________________ COMMINUT - Karl Marx was crazy COMPMINUTE - my salary is very low COMMINURE - organic fertilizer, straight from the dairy farm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter MALFICK - a bad novelette wofahulicodoc #226074 12/14/16 08:32 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA 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. _________________________________ 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter AINHERE - opposite of IMHERE wofahulicodoc #226076 12/15/16 11:19 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA 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. _______________________________ 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 25 of 99 1 2 … 23 24 25 26 27 … 98 99 Go to page... Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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