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CONTRAFACTUM
PRONUNCIATION: (KON-truh-fak-tuhm)
MEANING: noun: A composition that makes use of an existing piece of music with different lyrics.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin contrafacere (to counterfeit), from contra- (against) + facere (to make or do). Earliest documented use: 1940. _________________________________
CONTRACACTUM - this spiny desert plant has it in for me...
CONTRAFACETUM - the side of a gemstone diametrically opposite to the one under consideration
COINTRAFACTUM - a bootleg orange-flavored after-dinner liqueur
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AKRASIA
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-KRAY-zh/zhee-uh)
MEANING: noun: The lack of will or self-control resulting in one acting against one’s better judgment.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek akretes (powerless), from a- (without) + kratos (power, strength). Earliest documented use: 1806. The adjective form is akratic. ____________________________________
ASK RASIA - Rasia? Who's "Rasia?
A.K.A. "RASIA" - nickname for Rasella
O.K., RASIA - I'm satisfied with your answer
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AQUABIB
PRONUNCIATION: (AK-wuh-bib)
MEANING: noun: 1. A water-drinker. 2. A teetotaler.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin aqua (water) + bibere (to drink). Ultimately from the Indo-European root poi- (to drink), which also gave us potion, poison, potable, beverage, bibulous, bibacious, and Sanskrit paatram (pot). Earliest documented use: 1731. _________________________________
AQUAVIB - whale or dolphin undersea communications
AQUABIC - a European ballpoint pen that writes under water
AQUA-BNB - tourist lodgings in Atlantis
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EIDOLON
PRONUNCIATION: (eye-DOH-luhn)
MEANING: noun: 1. An idealized form. 2. A phantom.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek eidos (form, idea), ultimately from the Indo-European root weid- (to see), which also gave us wise, view, supervise, wit, eidos, and eidetic. Earliest recorded use: 1828. __________________________________________
IDOL ON - when you worship your car so much you can't bear to get inside it, even to turn off the ignition, so that it just stands there with the motor running
EID COLON - the little-known Arabic Festival of the Large Intestine, sometimes loosely (but erroneously) translated as Evacuation Day
EPIDOLON - located just above the dolon
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VERIGREEN
PRONUNCIATION: (VER-i-green)
MEANING: noun: A simple or gullible person.
ETYMOLOGY: From very, from Old French verai (true), from Latin verus (true) + green (immature, naive, etc.). Earliest documented use: 1954. __________________________________
VERIGREN - plural of verig
VERYGREEN - bright light of 3800 Ångstrom units wavelength
VEROGREEN - putting surface in a Florida golf course
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RAFFISH
PRONUNCIATION: (RAF-ish)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Vulgar or tawdry. 2. Unconventional; carefree; rakish.L
ETYMOLOGY: From raff (rubbish), also the source of riffraff. Earliest documented use: 1795. ________________________________________
RAWFISH - what sushi is made from
LAFFISH - humorous, sort of
CRAFFISH - small crustacean that crawls on the bottom of a pond
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CLAMANT
PRONUNCIATION: (KLAY-mant, KLAM-uhnt)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Loud. 2. Demanding attention; urgent.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin clamare (to cry out). Earliest documented use: 1639. ____________________________
CLAY ANT - a pre-Columbian scarab in the form of a six-legged insect
UCLA, MA, NT - the Bruins in Los Angeles have a New Technology, Mother
CALAMANT - squidlike
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DRAGGLETAILED
PRONUNCIATION: (DRAG-uhl-tayld)
MEANING: adjective: Dirty or untidy.
ETYMOLOGY: From draggle (to trail on the ground or in mud, etc.) + tail. Earliest documented use: 1654. __________________________
DRAGGLE-FAILED - cross-dressing event didn't work out very well...
DRANGLE-TAILED - lots of anguish and self-searching at the end of the œuvre
DRAGLET AILED - young Saphira was ill (see Eragon)
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FAITOUR
PRONUNCIATION: (FAY-tuhr)
MEANING: noun: A cheat or impostor.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin factor (maker, doer, perpetrator), from facere (to make or to do). Earliest documented use: 1340. _______________________________
FATTOUR - visit to the lard factory
FASTOUR - driver's view of the Indianapolis Speedway
FAITHOUR - the 23rd Psalm, condensed to a single word
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CONSTITUTIONAL
PRONUNCIATION: (kon-sti-TOO/TYOO-shuh-nuhl)
MEANING: noun: A walk taken for one’s health. adj.: 1. Relating to the constitution, a set of principles governing a state, organization, etc. 2. Relating to someone’s physical or mental condition. 3. Relating to the fundamental makeup of something or someone; essential.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin con- (together) + statuere (to set up). Earliest documented use: 1682. ____________________________________
CONSTITUTION ALB - the white garment worn when handling an old precious document
CONSTITUITIONAL - the cost of higher education does not rise
C'MONSTITUTIONAL - Let's go for a walk together!
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