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ENDONYM
PRONUNCIATION: (EN-duh-nym)
MEANING: noun: A name used internally to refer to a place, people, language, etc.
For example, Germany’s endonym is Deutschland, because that’s what Germans call their country.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek endo- (inside, within) + -onym (word, name). Some related words endogenous and endogamy
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END ONLY, M? - Just play the final two bars of the music, James
END ON YMA - the list of sopranos with a 4-plus-octave range
ENDONAM - 30 April 1975, upon the capture of Saigon by the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong
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BASILECT
PRONUNCIATION: (BAY-zuh/suh-lekt, BAZ/BAS-uh-lekt)
MEANING: noun: The least prestigious variety of a language.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin basis + dialectus (dialect). Earliest documented use: 1965.
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BA SELECT - What colleges did you say you're applying to?
BASIC ECT - common or garden variety shock therapy
BASIL SECT - herb worshippers
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METONOMY
PRONUNCIATION: (muh-TAHN-uh-mee)
MEANING: n nnoun: A figure of speech in which someone or something is referred to by the name of something associated.
For example, the use of the word crown to refer to monarchy.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin metonymia, from Greek metonymia (change of name), from meta- (after, beyond) + onama (name). Ultimately from the Indo-European root no-men- (name) which also gave us name, anonymous, noun, synonym, eponym, renown, nominate, misnomer, moniker, and ignominy. Earliest documented use: 1553.
NOTES: When a part is used to refer to the whole, it is synecdoche. For example, the use of the word eyeballs to refer to viewers or website visitors. In metaphor, the substitution is based on analogy, in metonym on association.
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ME TOO, AMY - I agree with you, Senator Klobuchar
MET ON MY _______ - How did you guys say you know each other?
METRONOMY - the art of naming cities
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HOMEOTELEUTON
(ho-mee-o-TEL-yuh-ton)
MEANING:
noun: A repetition of the same or similar endings in a sequence of words.
ETYMOLOGY:
From homeo- (similar) from Greek homoio + -teleutos, from teleute (end). Earliest documented use: 1592.
NOTES:
The word also refers to a form of scribal error where a copyist’s eye skips to a word with the same ending one or more lines below where they were.
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HO: MEOW ELEUTION - Look - they're washing all the sound out of the cat!
HOMEOTELEFUTON - if your TV is upsetting, you can roll over and sleep on it
ROMEO TELEUTO - young Montague gives instructions
HOMEO-PELEUTON - the main pack of bicycle racers hasn't changed
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HETEROPHEMY
PRONUNCIATION: (HET-uh-ruh-fee-mee)
MEANING: noun: The use of a word different from the one intended.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hetero- (different) + pheme (speaking). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bha- (to speak), which also gave us fable, fairy, fate, fame, blame, confess, and infant (literally, one unable to speak), apophasis (allusion to something by denying it will be said), confabulate, and ineffable. Earliest documented use: 1875.
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HETEROPHEME - speaking in tongues
PETER O'PHEMY - the Master of Castle Phemy (compare HESTERO'PHEMY, the Mistress of Castle Phemy)
HETEROPHEME - how I know that what I smell is the blood of an Hinglishman (along with HETEROPHIME, HETEROPHOME,and HETEROPHUMM)
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BIDENT
PRONUNCIATION: (BY-duhnt)
MEANING: noun: A two-pronged instrument, weapon, implement, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin bidens (two-pronged), from bi- (two) + dens (tooth). Earliest documented use: 1675.
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BIDENT - two-toothed, like Oliver J Dragon
BADENT - Tolkien's renegade tree-monster
AIDENT - coronavirus relief program for dentists
BIDENOT - Don't stay here!
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TRUMPERY
PRONUNCIATION: (TRUHM-puh-ree)
MEANING: noun:
1. Something showy but worthless.
2. Nonsense or rubbish.
3. Deceit; fraud; trickery.
ETYMOLOGY: from French tromper (to deceive). Earliest documented use: 1481.
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THUMPERY - beating one's chest
TRAMPERY - vintage behavior
TRUS-PERY - prostate surgery guided by Trans-Rectal UltraSound
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PENSIVE
PRONUNCIATION: (PEN-siv)
MEANING: adjective: Sadly thoughtful; wistful.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French pensif (pensive), from penser (to think), from Latin pensare (ponder), frequentative of pendere (to weigh). Ultimately from the Indo-European root (s)pen- (to draw, to spin), which also gave us pendulum, spider, pound, pansy, pendant, ponder, appendix, penthouse, depend, spontaneous, vilipend, pendulous, ponderous, filipendulous, equipoise, perpend, and prepend. Earliest documented use: 1393.
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PENDIVE - where in the sty to go slumming
PENSIRE - the Alpha Hog
PENSAVE - why one might use email instead of writing
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DEVI
PRONUNCIATION: (DAY-vee)
MEANING: noun: A goddess.
ETYMOLOGY: From Sanskrit devi (goddess). Earliest documented use: 1799.
NOTES: Devi is her middle name. Really. Kamala means lotus; also the name of a goddess.
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ODE VI - the sixth in a series of laudatory poems
O DEVI - also, the introductory apostrophe of same
DEVIM - to sap one's energy
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JOE
PRONUNCIATION: (joh)
MEANING: noun:
1. A fellow; guy.
2. Coffee.
ETYMOLOGY: For 1: Short for Joseph, from Hebrew Yoseph, from yasaf (to add or increase). Earliest documented use: 1846.
For 2: Origin unknown, perhaps an alteration of java. Earliest documented use: 1941.
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JOEX - a female baby kangaroo (compare JOEY)
JOEI - Happiness, to a French-speaking dyslexic
JONE - the fourth beis in a game of beisbol. if you hit the ball fair and over the fence it's a jonron
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COQUELICOT
PRONUNCIATION: (KAHK/KOHK-lee-koh)
MEANING: adjective: Of orangish-red or reddish-orange color.
noun: Such a color.
ETYMOLOGY: From French coquelicot (red poppy), from its resemblance to the crest of a rooster, from coq (rooster). Earliest documented use: 1795. Also see, coxcomb.
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COQUELICOST - How much do you want for that scallop shell?
CO-QUELLCOT - it took both of us together to subdue that tent sleeper
COQUELI-CAT - like a calico, but less so
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CAPACIOUS
PRONUNCIATION:
(kuh-PAY-shuhs)
MEANING:
adjective: Having a lot of space; roomy.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin capax, from capere (to take). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kap- (to grasp), which also gave us captive, capsule, capable, capture, cable, chassis, occupy, and deceive. Earliest documented use: 1614.
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CARPACIOUS - something fishy
CA PAC IOUs - promissory notes from the California Political Action committee
ÇA PA. TOUS - that's just about all of Pennsylvania
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DOUBLE-TALK
PRONUNCIATION: (DUH-buhl-tahk)
MEANING: noun: 1. Speech that’s a mix of actual words and gibberish.
2. Evasive or ambiguous language meant to deceive or confuse.
verb tr., intr.: To engage in double-talk or to try to persuade with it.
ETYMOLOGY: From double, from Old French duble/doble (double), from Latin duplus (twofold), from duo (two) + talk, from Middle English talkien, from tale. Earliest documented use: 1938. Also see doublethink.
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DOUBLET-TALK - discussion of vest styles
DOABLE-TALK - says what he'll do, can do what he said
DOUBLE-TACK - attach with two rows of fasteners
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VAPOROUS
PRONUNCIATION: (VAY-puh-ruhs)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to vapor.
2. Producing vapors; volatile.
3. Vague; hazy; obscure; insubstantial; transitory; unreliable; fanciful.
4. Translucent.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vapor (steam). Earliest documented use: 1527.
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VAPORONS - newly recognized sub-atomic particle, the fundamental particle of Ether
APOROUS - impenetrable
V.A. POR US - after discharge Latins support the Veterans Administration, as it helps both the country and themselves
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LUTEOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (LOO-tee-uhs)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Of an orange-yellow or greenish-yellow color.
2. Muddy.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin luteus (yellow), from lutum (yellowweed, mud). Earliest documented use: 1656.
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LUTE-FOUS - crazy over plucked French stringed instruments
GLUTEOUS - buttery
LUK-E-OUS - "Aren't we fortunate?!"
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CUSHY
PRONUNCIATION: (KOO-shee)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Easy; not burdensome.
2. Soft; comfortable.
ETYMOLOGY: From Hindi/Urdu khushi (pleasure, happiness), from Persian khushi. The second sense probably influenced by the word cushion. Earliest documented use: 1887.
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CRUSHY - using an inappropriately strong handshake
CUSSY - afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome, blurting out offensive words uncontrollably
C.U., SAY - name an organization purporting to be for consumers' protection ["Consumers' Union"]
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POGONIP
PRONUNCIATION: (POG-uh-nip)
MEANING: noun: A dense winter fog having ice particles.
ETYMOLOGY: From Shoshone paγinappih (cloud). Earliest documented use: 1860.
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PROGONIP - in favor of encouraging toothless puppies to bite
PIGONAP - 3.14159... says it's going to lie down and rest now
VOGON I.P. - the intergalactic highway-builders want to copyright their ideas
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PISHOGUE
PRONUNCIATION: (pi-SHOHG)
MEANING: noun: Sorcery; witchcraft; spell.
ETYMOLOGY: From Irish piseog (witchcraft). Earliest documented use: 1829.
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PASHOGUE - a town in Suffolk County (South Shore of Long Island, NY), a couple of miles west of Brookhaven
PISH AGUE - dysuria
PIS-HAGUE - those old Dutch cities are going from bad to worse
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ZARF
PRONUNCIATION: (zarf)
MEANING: noun: A sleeve or holder designed to hold a hot cup.
ETYMOLOGY: From Arabic zarf (container, sheath). Earliest documented use: 1836.
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AARF - the sound made by retired dogs
OARF - coamposer of Carmina Burana
ZARO - sweet syrup with no calories
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PICARO
PRONUNCIATION: (PEE-kuh-roh)
MEANING: noun: A rogue; an adventurer.
ETYMOLOGY: From Spanish picaro (rogue). Earliest documented use: 1622. Also see picaresque and picaroon.
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PICRO- - prefix meaning one trillionth ( 10 ^ -12 )
PI, CLARO - What does a Spanish mathematician call the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter?
PICA PRO - someone with ingests bizarre substances, like ice or lead paint chips or dirt, for a living
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ANEMIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-NEE-mi-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Growing in windy conditions.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek anemos (wind). Earliest documented use: 1879.
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ANEMIONS - microscopic particles that suppress your red blood cell count
MNEM-IOUS - to help you remember your debts
ÂNE MIAOUS - catlike noises made by a French donkey
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ACEDIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-SEE-dee-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Characterized by apathy, boredom, or sloth.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin acedia, from Greek akedia, from a- (not) + kedos (care). Earliest documented use: 1609. Also see acedia.
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ACTEDIOUS - behave tiresomely
ABEDIOUS - sleep excessively
ACETIOUS - sharp, vinegary
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ADVENTITIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (ad-ven-TI-shuhs)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Arising from an external source.
2. Happening by chance.
3. Appearing in an unusual place.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin adventicius (coming from outside, foreign), from advenire (to arrive), from ad- (toward) + venire (to come). Earliest documented use: 1603. Also spelled as adventious.
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ADDVENTITIOUS - installing additional windows
ADVENDITIOUS - for the purpose of selling more promotional messages
ADENTITIOUS - toothless
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CAESIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (SEE-zee-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Bluish or grayish green.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin caesius, probably from caelum (sky). Earliest documented use: 1835.
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CAESEOUS - cheesy
CADS IOUS - promissory notes, generally not repaid
CANESIOUS - a college in Buffalo NY, source of Jesuit sugar
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ANNELIDOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-NEL-uh-duhs)
MEANING: adjective: Of or relating to worms.
ETYMOLOGY: From French anneler (to ring), from Latin anellus, diminutive of anus (ring). Earliest documented use: 1835.
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PANNE-LIDOUS - like a bread-cover
ANNELI-NOUS - We're the Parisian branch of the Anneli family...
ANNELID FOUS - ...and we're crazy over earthworms!
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GAMBIT
PRONUNCIATION: (GAM-bit)
MEANING: noun:
1. An opening in which a minor piece is sacrificed to obtain a strategic advantage.
2. A maneuver used to secure an advantage.
3. A remark used to open or redirect a conversation.
ETYMOLOGY: From Spanish gambito, from Italian gambetto (the act of tripping someone), from gamba (leg). Earliest documented use: 1656.
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GUMBIT - the masticatory equivalent of "Man Bites Dog"
GAMEBIT - money purchased and used within an App
GAMBIN - where you keep chess and checkers, Clue, Sorry, Monopoly, Settlers of Catan, Magic: the Gathering, and such, when you're not playing
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PROPUGNACULUM
PRONUNCIATION: (praw-puhg-NAK-yuh-luhm)
MEANING: noun: A fortress; defense; protection.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin propugnaculum (bulwark), from propugnare (to fight in defense of something), from pro- (toward) + pugnare (to fight), from pugnus (fist). Ultimately from the Indo-European root peuk- (to prick), which is also the source of point, puncture, pungent, punctual, poignant, pounce, poniard, oppugn, repugn, impugn, pugnacious, pugilist, and repugnant. Earliest documented use: 1773.
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PRE-PUGNACULUM - little skirmish leading up to the actual conflict
PROPUGNOCULUM - in favor of the beady little eye of a small short-nosed dog
PROPUGNACUUM - a suction cleaning device that's angry all the time
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FLATFOOTED
PRONUNCIATION: (flat-FOOT-id)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Clumsy; unimaginative; uninspired.
2. Forthright.
3. Unprepared.
4. Uncompromising.
5. Having the arch of the foot flattened so the entire sole touches the ground.
ETYMOLOGY: From flat, from Old Norse flatr + foot, from Old English fot. Earliest documented use: 1601. (A flatfoot is not necessarily flatfooted.
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FATFOOTED - bloated and edematous from the ankle down
FEATFOOTED - world's-record-holder in the 100-meter dash
FLATFOOLED - convinced he was in the wrong apartment
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CONSANGUINEOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (kon-sang-GWIN-ee-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Related by blood; having a common ancestor.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin consanguineus, from con- (with) + sanguineus (bloody), from sanguis (blood). Earliest documented use: 1616.
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CON SANGUINE BUS - brings prisoners back from their Anger Management sessions
CONAN GUINEOUS - Night-show host O'Brien acted like Obiwan Kenobi (or the British Colonel at the River Kwai)
CONS AN' QUINEOUS - fake COVID-19 cure is actually good for malaria
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HAM-HANDED
PRONUNCIATION: (HAM-han-did)
MEANING: adjective: Clumsy; tactless; lacking social grace.
ETYMOLOGY: From ham + hand. It’s the same ham (one who overacts), apparently from the minstrel song, “The Hamfat Man”. Earliest documented use: 1918.
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WHAM-HANDED - a very hard-punching boxer
HAT-HANDED - begging
HAM-WANDED - a showy but incompetent magician
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EUPHORIA
PRONUNCIATION: (yoo-FOHR-ree-uh)
MEANING: noun: A feeling or state of elation or well-being.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek eu- (well) + pherein (to bear). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bher- (to carry, to bear children) that gave birth to words such as basket, suffer, fertile, burden, bring, bear, offer, prefer, birth, adiaphorism, delate, opprobrious, sufferance, and paraphernalia. Earliest documented use: 1684.
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EUPHORBIA - Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, yielding an acrid, milky juice. Most of them have powerful emetic and cathartic products. [Honest. YCLIU!]
EDUPHORIA - delight in acquiring knowledge
GUPHORIA (pr. "guf-FAW-ree-uh") - laughing loudly and uncontrollably
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QUATERNION
PRONUNCIATION: (kwuh/kwah-TUHR-nee-uhn)
MEANING: noun: A set of four persons, things, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin quattuor (four). Earliest documented use: 1384.
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QUAKER'N'ION - breakfast cereal made of charged oatmeal particles
'QUATER NICON - a fine camera made at very low latitudes
AQUATERNION - a waterfowl whose best friend is T-Berton
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URTICACEOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (uhr-tih-KAY-shuhs)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to a nettle.
2. Stinging.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin urtica (nettle), from urere (to burn). Earliest documented use: 1836.
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URBICACEOUS - citified
URTICAREOUS - makes your cavities itch
UTICA CEO: US - We've just been put in charge of that city in upstate NY
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AUTOTELIA
PRONUNCIATION: (ah-toh-TEH-lik)
MEANING: adjective: Having a purpose, motivation, or meaning in itself; not driven by external factors.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek auto- (self) + telos (end). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kwel- (to revolve), which also gave us colony, cult, culture, cycle, cyclone, chakra, collar, telic, entelechy, talisman, col, and accolade. Earliest documented use: 1864.
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AUTOTELLIC - car with built-in reporting to the police whenever you exceed the speed limit
Au HOTELIC - very posh lodgings, with all gold fixtures
AUTHOTELIC - the final chapter in a long story, such as Homer's Iliad or Odyssey
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VINACEOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (vy/vi/vuh-NAY-shuhs)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to wine.
2. Of the color of red wine: reddish.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vinum (wine). Earliest documented use: 1688.
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PINACEOUS - bromeliad, like a pineapple
WINACEOUS - overfond of having a pair of Aces in the hole
BINACEOUS - synonym for BINARY
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YEANLING
PRONUNCIATION: (YEEN-ling)
MEANING: noun: The young of an animal, especially of a sheep or a goat.
adjective: New-born; infant.
ETYMOLOGY: From yean (to give birth to a young), from Old English geeanian, from eanian (to bear young) + -ling (small, young, inferior). Earliest documented use: 1644.
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YEARNLING - the first faint glimmering of a desire
YE, MANLING - I'm talkin' ta you, punk
YEAN LINGO - spoken in the land of Ye
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URSIFORM
PRONUNCIATION: (UHR-suh-form)
MEANING: adjective: Having the form or appearance of a bear.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ursus (bear). Ultimately from the Indo-European root rtko- (bear), which also gave us arctic (literally, of the bear), the name Ursula (diminutive of Latin ursa: bear), and arctophile (one who is very fond of teddy bears). Earliest documented use: 1791.
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CURSIFORM - 1. oathsome; 2. scriptlike
ARSIFORM - British: ass-shaped
URSIFARM - where bears are grown
URSIDORM - the final room that Goldilocks entered
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LEPTODACTYLOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (lep-tuh-DAK-tuh-luhs)
MEANING: adjective: Having slender fingers or toes.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek lepto- (thin) + -dactyl (toed, fingered). Earliest documented use: 1855.
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KLEPTODACTYLOUS - finger-stealing (not welcome at KFC)
LEPTO-d-ACETYL OPS - skinny-fingered vinegary penguin
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ZAFTIG
PRONUNCIATION: (ZAF-tik, -tig)
MEANING: adjective: Full-figured; pleasingly plump; buxom.
ETYMOLOGY: From Yiddish zaftik (juicy), from German saftig (juicy), from Saft (juice). Earliest documented use: 1921.
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ZAFTING - alternative form meaning "betraying"
WAFTIG - blowing in the gentle breeze with your nose stuffed
ZAPTIG - Calvin shoots Hobbes with a Taser
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NOCTILUCENT
PRONUNCIATION: (nok-tuh-LOO-suhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Shining at night.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nocti- (night) + lucent (shining). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leuk- (light), which also gave us lunar, lunatic, light, lightning, lucid, illuminate, illustrate, translucent, lux, lynx, pellucid, lutestring, lustrate, lucubrate, limn, and lea. Earliest documented use: 1691.
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NOCTILUSCENT - the night is deepening
NOCTILU CANT - Prime Minister Noctilu of Roumania regrets he is unable
NON-TILUCENT - my bathroom walls do not glow
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