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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 89 of 99 1 2 … 87 88 89 90 91 … 98 99 Go to page... GUESS TIM ANTE - how much to start the pot? wofahulicodoc #228875 01/11/19 03:38 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA GUESSTIMATE PRONUNCIATION: (GES-ti-mayt for verb; -muht for noun) MEANING: verb tr.: To make an estimate based on guesswork. noun: An estimate based on guesswork. ETYMOLOGY: A blend of guess + estimate. Earliest documented use: 1936. ________________________ GUESTIMATE - try to figure out how many are coming for dinner GUESS TIME ATE - ...and how long it took to eat it GUESSTIVATE - how long should my summer vacation be? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter CONTRACT ION - charged particle for hire wofahulicodoc #228878 01/12/19 01:59 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA CONTRAPTION PRONUNCIATION: (kuhn-TRAP-shuhn) MEANING: noun: A device that appears to be strange, makeshift, or complicated. ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps a blend of contrive + trap + invention. Earliest documented use: 1825. _____________________________________ CONTRA-PION - a new subatomic anti-particle CON-TRAP-TIN - a thief could cut his way out of it with a pair of scissors (compare CON-TRAP-IRON) CONTRAPATION - working against your employer CONT.RATION - your meal will arrive on schedule Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ALICIENT - like Arlo's Thanksgiving restaurant wofahulicodoc #228887 01/15/19 01:33 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ALLICIENT PRONUNCIATION: (uh-LISH-uhnt) MEANING: adjective: Having the power to attract; appealing. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin allicere (to entice). Earliest documented use: 1613. _______________________________ ALICIENT - Witty ALLI®CLIENT - one who tries to lose weight by taking orlistat ALLICENT - her parents couldn't decide whether to name her after Grandma Allison or Grandma Millicent Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter School of the Virtuoso wofahulicodoc #228896 01/16/19 01:23 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA CERNUOUS PRONUNCIATION: (SUHR-noo/nyoo-uhs) MEANING: adjective: Drooping, nodding, or bending forward. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin cernuus (bowing). Earliest documented use: 1653. ___________________________ CZERNUOUS - pedantic, predictable, monotonous, and thorough CERNulous - like a microcosm of atomic physicists CORNUOUS - horny Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter XANTHAC - a popular antacid, an H2 blocker wofahulicodoc #228900 01/16/19 11:51 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA XANTHIC PRONUNCIATION: (ZAN-thik) MEANING: adjective: Yellow or yellowish. ETYMOLOG: From Greek xanthos (yellow). Earliest documented use: 1817. Two related words are xanthodontous (having yellow teeth) and Xanthippe (a nagging woman). _____________________________________ EXANTHIC - with a rash on the skin, like measles or chickenpox PANTHIC - feline. (Better still, if called by a panthic, don't anthic) XANTNIC - who comes down the chimney on December 25 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter FREDACIOUS - Flintstonian wofahulicodoc #228905 01/18/19 01:54 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PREDACIOUS PRONUNCIATION: pri-DAY-shuhs) MEANING: adjective: 1. Preying on other animals. 2. Seeking to exploit others. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin praedari (to prey upon), from praeda (booty). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ghend-/ghed- (to seize or to take), which is also the source of pry, prey, spree, reprise, surprise, osprey, prison, impregnable, impresa, prise, and reprehend. Earliest documented use: 1665. _______________________ PREDATIOUS - occurring before, especially before acknowledgments of debt PREFACIOUS - tending to give lengthy and tedious introductory remarks PRUDACIOUS - conspicuously prim and proper, not to say Victorian Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter also it's a mood, in Latin wofahulicodoc #228911 01/18/19 10:08 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA HORTATIVE PRONUNCIATION: (HOHR-tuh-tiv) MEANING: adjective: Strongly urging. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin hortari (to urge). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gher- (to like or want), which also gave us yearn, charisma, greedy, and exhort. Earliest documented use: 1623. _______________________________ ORTATIVE - piecemeal SHORTATIVE - abbreviated SORTATIVE - categorizing HORATATIVE - defending bridges despite overwhelming odds Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter EAUBADE - followed orders, by the sound of it wofahulicodoc #228921 01/21/19 08:04 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA AUBADE PRONUNCIATION: (O-bahd) MEANING: noun: Morning song, poem, or music. ETYMOLOGY: From French aubade (dawn serenade), from Spanish albada (aubade), from Latin albus (white). Ultimately from the Indo-European root albho- (white), which is also the source of oaf, albino, album, albumen, elflock, and albedo. Earliest documented use: 1678. __________________________ AMBADE - walking distance AUBADUE - should have been done yesterday ANUBADE - requested by Mr Garg DAUBADE - paintings by a 3-year-old Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter PROSHOPOGRAPHY - pictures of the golf-course store wofahulicodoc #228935 01/23/19 09:54 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PROSOPOGRAPHY PRONUNCIATION: (pros-uh-PAH-gruh-fee) MEANING: noun: A study of people in a group, identifying patterns, connections, etc.: a collective biography. ETYMOLOGY: From German Prosopographie, from Latin prosopographia, from Greek prosopon (face, mask), from pros- (facing) + ops (eye) + -graphy (writing). Earliest documented use: 1577. ___________________________ PROSTOPOGRAPHY - pictures of an unsuccessful fourth-and-goal run PROSONOGRAPHY - in favor of ultrasound examinations PROTO-PO-GRAPHY - the imaging of the river is in its infancy PROSOAPOGRAPHY - we need a catalog of soap sculptures Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter PASTICHE - a previous bout of hives wofahulicodoc #228936 01/24/19 08:42 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA POSTICHE PRONUNCIATION: (poh-STEESH) MEANING: noun: 1. A hairpiece. 2. An imitation or sham. ETYMOLOGY: From French postiche (hairpiece, fake), from Italian posticcio (counterfeit), from Latin appositus, past participle of apponere (to put near), from ponere (to put). Ultimately from the Indo-European root apo- (off or away), that also gave us after, off, awkward, post, puny, aphelion, apheresis, apograph, apopemptic, apophasis, and aposematic. Earliest documented use: 1854. ______________________________ POST-RICHE - a member of the bourgeoisie whose money is all gone ÖSTICHE - Austrian citizen (female) POSTICLE - frozen dessert fence-picket-on-a-stick Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 89 of 99 1 2 … 87 88 89 90 91 … 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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