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PELAGIC
PRONUNCIATION: (Pe-LAJ-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to or living in the open ocean, far from land.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin pelagicus (of the sea), from Greek pelagos (sea). Ultimately from the Indo-European root plak- (to be flat) which also gave us archipelago, flake, flaw, placate, plead, please, and plank. Earliest documented use: 1656.
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PELATIC - like an eastern exercise program
P.E. MAGIC - mystical results resulting from a Physical Education program
OPELAGIC - like a German car
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TATTERDEMALION
PRONUNCIATION: (tat-uhr-di-MAYL-yuhn, -MAL-)
MEANING: adjective: Ragged, tattered.
noun: A person in ragged clothes.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse toturr (rag). The origin of demalion is uncertain. Earliest documented use: 1608
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TATTED ÉMALION - made lace in the French town of Émalion
TASTER deMAL-ION - epicure specializing in evil charged particles
TATTER-DERMA-LION - big cat with raggedy skin
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BIBLIOPHAGIST
PRONUNCIATION: (bib-lee-AH-fuh-jist)
MEANING: noun: One who loves to read books; a bookworm.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek biblio- (book) + -phage (one who eats). Earliest documented use: 1881. Another form of the word is bibliophage.
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BILIOPHAGIST - a bile drinker
BIBIOPHAGIST - one who devours Israeli Prime Ministers
BIBLIOPTAGIST - one who values books because of their appearance
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PROSATEUR
PRONUNCIATION: (pro-zuh-TUHR)
MEANING: noun: A writer of prose.
ETYMOLOGY: From French prosateur (a prose writer), from Italian prosatore, from Latin prosator, from prosa (straightforward). Earliest documented use: 1728.
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PRO-S.A.T.-ER - someone in favor of continuing to use the Scholastic Aptitude Test as part of the College Admissions process
PROSTATEUR - a connoisseur of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (that bane of the aging male)
PYROSATEUR - a hypersexed demon, half man and half goat, who lights fires
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BIBLIOPOLE
PRONUNCIATION: (BIB-lee-uh-pohl)
MEANING: noun: A bookseller, especially of rare works.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin bibliopola (bookseller), from Greek bibliopoles, biblio- (book) + polein (to sell). Earliest documented use: 1775.
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BIBLIOPOLY - government by book readers (a consummation devoutly to be wished)
BILLIOPOLE - to which you tie the male goat, to keep him out of mischief
BIBLIOPLE - (the library was really in Istanbul, not Alexandria)
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PERITEXT
PRONUNCIATION: (PER-uh-tekst)
MEANING: noun: The material surrounding the main text of a book, such as covers, preface, bibliography, colophon, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek peri- (around) + text, from Latin texere (to weave). Ultimately from the Indo-European root teks- (to weave), which also gave us context, texture, tissue, tectonic, architect, technology, ]PERITEXT[/b]subtle, and subtile. Earliest documented use: 1977.
NOTES: The word is primarily used with books, but can be applied to other creative works such as films, computer games, etc.
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"PERI - NEXT!" - the dentist specializing in gum-diseases must be doing a land-office business
PETIT-EXT - a small extension
P.E. WRITE-XT - old computer program for teachers to record the results of gym class
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BIBLIOPHOBE
PRONUNCIATION: (BIB-lee-uh-fohb)
MEANING: noun: A person with a strong aversion to books.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek biblio- (book) + -phobe (one who fears).
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BI-BIOPHOBE - fearful of having the story of one's life told twice
BILIOPHOBE - afraid of gall bladder secretions
BIBLIOPROBE - Congress investigates its Library
BIBLIOPHOEBE - a Gospel-singing bird
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FOLKMOOT
PRONUNCIATION: (FOK-moot)
MEANING: noun: A general assembly of the people of a town, city, county, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English folcmot, from folc (folk) + mot (moot). Earliest documented use: 1513.
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FORKMOOT - the reply to the question, "Should the place setting include to salad fork or the dinner fork when all I'm serving is split pea soup?"
FOLKMOON - the peasants make a rude gesture en masse
FOLKMOO - the sound of the herd
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QUALM
PRONUNCIATION: (kwam, kwom)
MEANING: noun:
1. An uneasy feeling about the rightness of a course of action.
2. A sudden feeling of sickness, faintness, or nausea.
ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1531.
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QUAD M - a pretty big type spacer, about as wide as the letter M is tall
SQUAL M - the thirteenth small, localized, intense sea storm of the season
QUO ALM - Whence cometh this charity?
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PASTILLAGE
PRONUNCIATION: (PAH-stee-ahj)
MEANING: noun: A sugar paste that’s molded into shapes and figures for decorating cakes, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From French pastillage (a small figure made of sugar), from pastille (lozenge), from Spanish pastilla (candy), from Latin pasta (dough). Earliest documented use: 1883.
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POSTILLAGE - after the harvest is over
PASVILLAGE - 1. the town my dad grew up in; 2. a community of dances
PASTILLAGE - see POSTILLAGE, above
EASTILLAGE - a neighborhood in lower Manhattan
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