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CAPUAN
PRONUNCIATION: (KAP-yoo-uhn)
MEANING: adjective: Luxurious.
ETYMOLOGY: After Capua, a city in south Italy, that was known for its luxurious comfort in ancient times.
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CAPUTAN - the commander of a ship (with a Japanese accent)
CAP-MAN - protagonist of a children's book by Esphyr Slobodkina
CA-PUSAN - a South Korean city rich in calcuim
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HELOTAGE
PRONUNCIATION: (HEL-uh-tazh)
MEANING: noun: A state of servitude or bondage.
ETYMOLOGY: After Helos, a town in Laconia in ancient Greece, whose inhabitants were enslaved. Earliest documented use: 1934.
NOTES: Other towns in Laconia that have also inspired words in the English language are spartan, after Sparta, the capital of Laconia and caryatid. Laconia itself has given us the word laconic.
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HELLOTAGE - the function of a receptionist
PELOTAGE - the Art of Jai Alai
HELSTAGE - where the Devil puts on his show
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CANTERBURY
PRONUNCIATION:
(KAN-tuhr-ber-ee)
MEANING:
noun: A rack with open top and slatted partitions for magazines, sheet music, documents, etc.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Canterbury, UK. It’s said that a bishop of Canterbury first ordered this piece of furniture. Earliest documented use: 1803. Some other words with Canterbury connections are canter and Canterbury tale.
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I-CAN'T-ER BURY - interment of the incapable
CENTERBURY - to lay the remains in the middle of three adjacent plots
CANTER BUOY - marks the turns of a regatta for horses
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ELYSIUM
PRONUNCIATION: (i-LIZH-ee-uhm)
MEANING: noun: A place of perfect happiness.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin Elysium, from Greek elysion pedyon (Elysian plain/fields). In Greek mythology, Elysium (or the Elysian Fields) was the final resting place for the souls of heroes and the virtuous after their death. Earliest documented use: 1599.
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ELISIUM - Element number 1701, found at Yale
ELY'S...UM... - the inventor of the Cotton Gin is at a loss for words
ELYSIMUM - a French flower, produced by crossing a lily with a chrysanthemum
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CANAAN
PRONUNCIATION: (KAY-nuhn)
MEANING: noun: A land of promise, abundance, and fulfillment.
ETYMOLOGY: After Canaan, an ancient region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. In the Bible, Yahweh promises this land to Abraham. Earliest documented use: 1548.
PRONUNCIATION: (KAY-nuhn)
MEANING: noun: A land of promise, abundance, and fulfillment.
ETYMOLOGY: After Canaan, an ancient region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. In the Bible, Yahweh promises this land to Abraham. Earliest documented use: 1548.
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CANANVAN - a congenital glycogen storage disease
CANCAN - a kick-kick dance-dance
CANABAN - the buzzword of the anti-marijuana movement
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TROCHILIC
PRONUNCIATION: (truh-KI-lik)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to the wheel or the rotary motion.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek trochos (wheel), from trechein (to run), which also gave us troche (lozenge) and the metrical trochee. Earliest documented use: 1570.
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TORO CHILIC - helping bulls calm down
TAROCHILIC - a spicy dish made from spiced beans and a Hawaiian root
PROCHILIC - in favor of reversing the climate-warming tendency
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ROTIFORM
PRONUNCIATION: (ROH-tuh-form)
MEANING: adjective: Wheel-shaped.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin rota (wheel). Earliest documented use: 1816.
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WROTIFORM - filled in one's vital information, as requested
BOTIFORM - shaped like a very small, very fast flying insect, once even considered supersonic
ROTIFOAM - shaving-cream rings
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ZODIAC
PRONUNCIATION: (ZOH-dee-ak)
MEANING: noun:
1. A circular diagram with 12 parts, each named after a constellation, used in astrology.
2. A circle, circuit, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin zodiacus, from Greek zoidiakos, shortening of zoidiakos kyklos (zodiac circle), from zoion (living being) + kyklos (circle, wheel). Earliest documented use: 1390.
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KODIAC - an Alaskan ursine, sometimes barely visible
AZODIAC - a nitrogen-containing compound with two acetate radicals
OZODIAC - a supermolecule combining two molecules of ozone - used to assist in replenishing the hole in the atmosphere
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EXORBITANT
PRONUNCIATION: (ig-ZOR-bi-tuhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Greatly exceeding what’s considered reasonable, especially in cost or price.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin exorbitare (to go out of the track), from ex- (out) + orbita (wheel track), from orbis (circle, disk). Earliest documented use: 1460.
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EXTORBITANT - due under penalty of dire consequences for failure to comply
HEXORBITANT - a six-cornered path around the sun
EXO-RABIT-ANT - outside Bugs Bunny's mother's sister
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ENCYCLICAL
PRONUNCIATION: (in/en-SIK-li-kuhl)
MEANING: noun: An official letter.
adjective: For wide circulation.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek kyklos (circle, cycle). Earliest documented use: 1616.
NOTES: A more common word for an encyclical is circular. In the Roman Catholic Church, a letter from the pope to bishops, usually dealing with the matters of doctrine, is called an encyclical.
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ENVYCLICAL - subject to sudden fits of jealousy
ENCYCLO-CAL - book of all knowledge on the West Coast USA
ENCY PLICAL - the map of North Carolina is folded
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