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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. ________________________________
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. ________________________
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. _____________________________________
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. ___________________________________
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. ______________________
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. ____________________________________
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. _____________________________________
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. ______________________
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. _______________________________
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. _____________________________________
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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