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LIAISE
PRONUNCIATION: (lee-AYZ)
MEANING: verb intr.:
1. To establish a connection with someone in a different group or organization for purposes of working together, coordinating efforts, exchanging information, etc.
2. To act as a link between two or more parties.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from liaison, from French liaison, from Latin ligation (binding), from ligare (to bind). The word rose to prominence as British military slang during WWII. Earliest documented use: 1928.
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LIMA IS E - what they say in Peru, Indiana, about the city in Ohio (YCLIU)
LIPAISE - a fat-digesting enzyme, sort of
TIA-ISE - to make your sister into an aunt by giving birth
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JERRY-BUILD
PRONUNCIATION: (JER-ee-bild)
MEANING: verb tr.: To build cheaply and sloppily.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from jerry-built. Further derivation unknown. Earliest documented use: 1832.
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JERRY-BUILT - made in Germany in WWI
JERSY-BUILD - to make left-handed (if you come from NYC)
MERRY-BUILD - to construct in Santa's factory at the North Pole
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OSMOSE
PRONUNCIATION: (OZ/OS-mos)
MEANING: verb tr., intr.:
1. To diffuse gradually.
2. To undergo or to subject to osmosis: the diffusion of fluid from a solution of low concentration to one of high concentration through a semipermeable membrane.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from osmosis, from Greek osmos (to push). Earliest documented use: 1884, for osmosis: 1863.
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OZMOSE - how Bullwinlke goes off to see the Wizard
O, S'MORE - Well, if you don't want to toast marshmallows over the campfire, what would you like?
DOS MOUSE - how you use the Disk Operating System
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MANUMISE
PRONUNCIATION: (MAN-yuh-myz)
MEANING: verb tr.: To free from slavery, servitude, or restraint.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from manumission, from Latin manus (hand) + mittere (to let go). Earliest documented use: 1523. A synonym is manumit.
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MANI-MISE - to get one's nails cared for cheaply
CANUMISE - to turn into a dog (especially during a full moon)
MANUMIST - Fella, you have lousy aim!
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ENTHUSE
PRONUNCIATION: (en-THOOS)
MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To make someone enthusiastic.
2. To express something with enthusiasm.
verb intr.: To display enthusiasm.
ETYMOLOGY: back-formation from enthusiasm, from Latin enthusiasmus (inspiration), from Greek enthousiasmos, from enthousiazein (to be inspired by a god), from theos (god). Earliest documented use: 1827.
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ANTHUSE - to sing The Star-Spangled Banner with fervor
ENT HUSH - a silence among the tree creatures of Middle Earth
ENTHOUSE - to increase by three orders of magnitude
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ARISTOLOGY
PRONUNCIATION: (ar-uh-STOL-uh-jee)
MEANING: noun: The art of dining.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek ariston (breakfast, lunch) + -logy (study). Earliest documented use: 1835.
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ARUSTOLOGY - how to make stainless steel
TRISTOLOGY - science of sadness
WRISTOLOGY - telling the time by looking at the back of your hand
ARISTOTLOGY - the Greek philosopher is kinda sluggish today
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DIABLERIE
PRONUNCIATION: (dee-AH-bluh-ree or dee-AB-luh-ree)
MEANING: noun:
1. Sorcery; witchcraft; black magic.
2. A representation of devils or demons in art or literature.
3. Mischievous manner or conduct.
ETYMOLOGY: From French diable (devil), from Latin diabolus (devil), from Greek diabolos (slanderer), from diaballein (to slander), from dia- (across) + ballein (to hurl). Earliest documented use: 1653.
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VIABLERIE - assorted living things
DISABLERIE - various unspecified handicaps
LIABLERIE - legal exposures of all sorts
D-I-Y-BLERIE - small home repair projects, when paying a professional isn't needed
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HELIOPHILOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (hee-lee-AH-fuh-luhs)
MEANING: adjective: Fond of or adapted to sunlight.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek helio- (sun) + -philous (liking). Earliest documented use: 1860.
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HELIOPILOUS - golden-blond-haired
HELPOPHILOUS - willing to assist anyone, anywhere, any time
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LOTIC
PRONUNCIATION: (LOH-tik)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to or living in flowing water.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lotus (washed), past participle of lavere (to wash). Earliest documented use: 1916. A counterpart word is lenitic/lentic (living in still water).
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LORIC - describing Dr Seuss’ Lorax
PLOTIC - (sometimes PLOTTIC) - conspiratorial
LOUIC - comme seize Rois de France
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UMBRIFEROUS
PRONUNCIATION: (uhm-BRIF-uh-ruhs)
MEANING: adjective: Casting a shadow.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin umbra (shade, shadow) + ferre (to bear). Some related words are umbrella, adumbrate, and somber. Earliest documented use: 1616. __________________
NUMBRIFEROUS - quantitative
LUMBRIFEROUS - made of ironwood
UMP-RIFEROUS - describing a game with too many officials on the field
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GAVROCHE
PRONUNCIATION: (GAV-rosh)
MEANING: noun: A street urchin.
ETYMOLOGY: After Gavroche, a boy in the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. Earliest documented use: 1876.
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GA v. ROCHE - the State of Georgia is suing the pharmaceutical company over abortions allegedly induced by birth-control pills
"GAVRYO:" CHE - the Cuban revolutionary says "I speak Russian."
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BECHDEL TEST
PRONUNCIATION: (BEK-duhl test)
MEANING: noun: A test of inclusion and representation of women in a work of fiction.
ETYMOLOGY: After cartoonist Alison Bechdel (b. 1960), who described the concept in her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For (1985). Earliest documented use of the term “Bechdel test”: 2005.
NOTES: Alison Bechdel attributed the test to her friend Liz Wallace and hence the test is also known as the Bechdel-Wallace test. A work of fiction passes the test if it has:
1. At least two women
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something other than men
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BACH DEL TEST - the composer who not only wrote studies (études) for his students but also made them demonstrate their prowess before moving on the the next level
ECHT EL TEST - a true test of the Spanish language given by the Deutsche Berlitz school
BENCH DEL TEST - your seat during the aforementioned test
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CHIMERIZE
PRONUNCIATION: (KY/KI-muh-ryz)
MEANING: verb tr.: To form something from parts that are very different.
ETYMOLOGY: After Chimera, a fire-breathing female monster in Greek mythology who had a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail. From Greek khimaira (she-goat), ultimately from the Indo-European root ghei- (winter), which also gave us chimera (literally, a female animal that is one winter or one year old), hibernate, and the Himalayas, from Sanskrit him (snow) + alaya (abode). Earliest documented use: 1651.
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CRIMERIZE - what police statistics show in crowded places in the summertime
WHIMERIZE - to turn into a fanciful account and present as a piece of fiction
SHIMERIZE - how mirages appear in the heat of summer
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GRANGOUSIER or GRANDGOUSIER
PRONUNCIATION: (gran-GOO/GOU-zee-uhr)
MEANING: noun:
1. A big eater.
2. A gullible person, one who will swallow anything.
ETYMOLOGY: After Grangousier (in French: Grandgousier), a character who loves good living, in François Rabelais’s story Gargantua. The name Grangousier is coined from the French grand gosier (big throat). Earliest documented use: 1580.
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GRANGOSIER - farm association's willow tree
GRAND OUSTER - Throw all the bums out!
ORANGOUSIER - more like a large ape
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LEXIPHANIC
PRONUNCIATION: (lek-si-FAN-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Using pretentious words and language.
ETYMOLOGY: After Lexiphanes, a bombastic speaker, in the satire of the same name by Lucian (2nd century CE). From Greek lexis (speech, diction, word) + phainein (to show). Earliest documented use: 1767.
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LEXIPHONIC - the sound of the words
LEXIPHANTIC - like a thin flexible membrane of transparent plastic
LEXICHANIC - how the machinery of a luxury automobile works
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BLAZON
PRONUNCIATION: (BLAY-zuhn)
MEANING: noun: 1. A coat of arms.
2. A description of a coat of arms in heraldic terminology.
3. An ostentatious display.
verb tr.: 1. To paint, depict, or adorn in great detail.
2. To describe a coat of arms in heraldic terminology.
3. To proclaim or display, widely or ostentatiously.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French blason (shield), of unknown origin, influenced by the word blaze. Earliest documented use: noun 1325, verb 1533.
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B-MAZON - the second large-scale online store
B.L.A. ZONE - where Girls' Latin school is located in Boston (a.k.a. "Boston Latin Academy")
BLAB-ON - for people who don't want the ability to shut off commercials
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SPITCHCOCK
PRONUNCIATION: (SPICH-kok)
MEANING: noun: An eel split, cut into pieces, and cooked.
verb tr.: To treat severely.
ETYMOLOGY: Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: noun 1597, verb 1674. A close cousin is spatchcock, a bird with its spine removed flattened for cooking.
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SPITCHCORK - when the winebottle-cork has been crumbled by the corkscrew instead of being extracted
SITCHCOCK - when the rooster sits around all day instead of servicing the hens
STITCHCOCK - what the urologist does after surgery for Peyrone's Disease
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PHYSIC
PRONUNCIATION: (FIZ-ik)
MEANING: noun: 1. A medicine, especially one that acts as a laxative.
2. A doctor.
3. Medical science or the medical profession.
verb tr.: 1. To act upon as a laxative.
2. To treat with, or as if with, a medicine.
3. To cure or heal.
ETYMOLOGY:From Old French fisique (medical science or natural science), from Latin physica (natural science), from Greek physike (science of nature), from physis (nature). Earliest documented use: noun 1325, verb 1400.
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PAYSIC - (French) favorably inclined to the countryside
PHASIC - pertaining to a Federation weapon
PHYLIC - well-disposed to, in favor of
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TROTH
PRONUNCIATION: (troth, trohth)
MEANING: noun: 1. One’s pledged word, loyalty, or fidelity.
2. Truth.
3. Betrothal.
verb tr.: To pledge or betroth.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English treowth (fidelity, truth), from treowe (faithful). Ultimately from the Indo-European root deru- (to be firm), which gave us truth, trust, tree, endure, druid, during, durable, duress, trow and indurate. Earliest documented use: noun 1175, verb 1400.
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CROTH - So angry you can't speak straight
"T.P." ROTH - nickname acquired by the author of "Portnoy's Complaint" in his most potty-mouthed phase
TAROT H - the eighth card in a fortune-telling deck, representing Health, Home, Honor, and Hope
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BARNACLE
PRONUNCIATION: (BAHR-nuh-kuhl)
MEANING: noun: 1. Any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to rocks, hulls, docks, whales, etc.
2. Someone or something that clings.
verb intr.: To cling in a persistent manner.
ETYMOLOGY. From Latin bernaca, of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: noun 1227, verb 1863.
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BARNACRE - the unit of size of auxiliary farm buildings in Texas
BAR NICLE - that'll get you free peanuts in the local saloon
BARN-ALE - fermented milk
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GRANDEZZA
PRONUNCIATION: (gran-DEZ-uh, -DET-suh)
MEANING: noun: Grandeur, greatness, magnificence, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Italian grandezza and Spanish grandeza, from Italian and Spanish grande (grand). Earliest documented use: 1629.
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GRAND EZRA - my Grampa, who founded Cornell University
GRADE ZZA - a relatively poor review (unless you're Papa Gino)
GARANDEZZA - the granddaddy of all thumb bruises, inflicted by careless handling of the (recoilling) bolt of a rifle
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AQUAPHOBIA
PRONUNCIATION: (ak-wuh-FOH-bee-uh)
MEANING: noun: A fear of water, especially of drowning.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin aqua (water) + -phobia (fear), from Greek -phobia (fear). Earliest documented use: 1875.
NOTES: Not to be confused with hydrophobia, which, despite its literal meaning of “fear of water” from Greek hydro- (water), is commonly used in a medical context to describe a symptom of rabies. In rabies, hydrophobia refers to a difficulty or intense fear of swallowing, especially liquids, due to painful throat spasms.
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AQUAPROBIA - SONAR (acronym of SOund Navigation And Ranging)
EQUAPHOBIA - fear of balance-points
ABU-APHOBIA - fear of animated mischievous monkeys, esp. when there is a genie nearby
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JUXTAPOSITIVE
PRONUNCIATION: (juhk-stuh-POZ-i-tiv)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to placing side by side.
ETYMOLOGY: From juxtaposition, from Latin juxta (near, next) + French poser (to place). Earliest documented use: 1880.
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JUST A POSITIVE - we're only collecting one blood type today
JUXTAPOS: "I LIVE !" - put that next to an affirmation of viability
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SWANKY
PRONUNCIATION: (SWANG-kee)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Stylish; fashionable; luxurious.
2. Pretentious; ostentatious.
ETYMOLOGY: From swank (swagger), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Middle High German swanken (to sway). Earliest documented use: 1842.
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STANKY - major league infielder and then manager, in the 40s and 50s
S'WINKY - it's the Crouch's former house elf
SWAN KAY - unheralded sister of the founder of a large direct-to-consumer cosmetic sales company
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CRUCIFORM
PRONUNCIATION: (KROO-suh-form)
MEANING: adjective: In the shape of a cross.
noun: Something in the shape of a cross.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin crux (stake, cross) + -form (having the shape). Earliest documented use: 1661.
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CRUCIFARM - a place where cauliflower and cabbage and Brussels sprouts are grown
CRUCIFORUM - an Easter discussion group
CRUCIO FORM - official approval to use an Unforgivable Curse
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NUMERO UNO
PRONUNCIATION: (NOO/NYOO-muh-roh OO-noh)
MEANING: noun:
1. Oneself; one’s own interests.
2. The highest in rank, quality, importance, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Italian numero uno (number one) or Spanish número uno (number one). Earliest documented use: 1944
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NUMERO UNDO - Mister I-Take-It-Back
SUMER OÙ NO? - Should we visit Mesopotamia or go somewhere else?
NUMER OSO - Papa Bear
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NOODGY
PRONUNCIATION: (NOO-jee)
MEANING: adjective: Nagging, pestering, annoying, or complaining.
ETYMOLOGY: From noodge (to pester; one who pesters), from Yiddish nudyen (to pester, bore), from Polish nudzic. A cousin of this word is nudnik (a boring pest). Earliest documented use: 1969.
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NOODLY - over-intellectual, egg-headed
GOOD-GY - Battler against Evil; the one in the white hat
NOOGY - (var. sp.) head rub with knuckles, intended playfully to cause irritation and minor discomfort
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PNEUMATOLOGY
PRONUNCIATION: (noo/nyoo-muh-TOL-uh-jee)
MEANING: noun: The study of spiritual phenomena.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek pneuma (breath, wind, spirit). Ultimately from the Indo-European root pneu- (to breathe), which is also the source of pneumatic, French pneu (tire), pneumonia, apnea, sneer, sneeze, snort, and snore. Earliest documented use: 1648.
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PONE- (UM) -ATOLOGY - the, er, study of corn bread
PNEUMANOLOGY - the many faces of MAD Magazine (What - me worry?)
P/NP-UMATOLOGY - the study of decidability problems
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NUCIFORM
PRONUNCIATION: (NOO/NYOO-suh-form)
MEANING: adjective: Like a nut.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nux (nut) + -form (having a shape). Earliest documented use: 1843.
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NUK FORM - used to make Baby's pacifier
LUCIFORM - looking like the Devil incarnate
BUCIFORM - like Alexander's Great horse
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NUTANT
PRONUNCIATION: (NOO/NYOO-tuhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Drooping; nodding.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nutare (to nod repeatedly), frequentative of -nuere (to nod), from numen (nod of the head, command, divine will). Earliest documented use: 1751.
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NUT-AUNT - my mother's crazy sister
NUITANT - like the end of the soirée
NUT-ANTE - fee to play in the squirrels' poker game
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CAPACITATE
PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-PAS-i-tayt)
MEANING:verb tr.: To make capable.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin capax (able to hold much), from capere (to take). Earliest documented use: 1657.
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COPACITATE - to assess the maximum number of people that can legally occupy a New York City nightclub (or a beach in Rio)
CAP, ACT, ATE. - Put your hat on, take the college-entrance test, have supper.
C.A.P. AGITATE - stir up the Auto Parts store
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EPTITUDE
PRONUNCIATION: (EP-ti-tood/tyood)
MEANING: noun: Skill or proficiency in a situation or a task.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from ineptitude, from Latin aptus (apt, fitted), past participle of apere (fasten). Earliest documented use: 1967.
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ENTITUDE - having the inertia of a tree
PEPTITUDE - having a delicate stomach
EPPI 'TUDE - Ann Landers [pen name of Eppie Lederer] had a chip on her shoulder
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MEDIATE
PRONUNCIATION: (adj.: MEE-dee-uht, verb: -ayt)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Involving an intervening agency; not direct or immediate.
2. Being in a middle position.
verb tr., intr.: 1. To act as an intermediary to resolve a conflict, bring about a solution, etc.
2. To divide into two parts.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin mediare (to be in the middle), from Latin medius (middle). Ultimately from the Indo-European root medhyo- (middle), which also gave us middle, mean, medium, medal (originally a coin worth a halfpenny), mezzanine, mediocre, mediterranean, moiety, and mullion. Earliest documented use: 1440.
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MEDI-ANTE - I'll throw my stethoscope into the pot to play this hand
MED-IRATE - 1. angry doctor; 2. hospital daily room charge
ME DILATE - i'm gonna have my baby pretty soon!
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MACULATE
PRONUNCIATION: (MAK-yuh-layt, adj: -lit/-luht)
MEANING: verb tr.: To stain, blemish, or pollute.
adjective: Stained, spotted, or impure.
ETYMOLOGY: from Latin maculare (to stain, disgrace), from macula (stain, blemish). Earliest documented use: 1475.
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MACLATE - fast food ain't so fast any more
MASCULATE - to enhance maleness
MACULYTE - the energy drink you get at the Golden Arches
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NOCENT
PRONUNCIATION: (NOH-suhnt)
MEANING: adjective
1. Harmful.
2. Guilty.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nocens (injurious, guilty), present participle of nocere (to harm). Earliest documented use: 1447.
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NO SCENT - my skunk won't give anyone any trouble
NO SENT - returned for additional postage
NO CELT - No Irish Need Apply
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PECCANT
PRONUNCIATION: (PEK-uhnt)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Sinful; 2. Violating a rule.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin peccare (to err). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ped- (foot) which gave us peccadillo (alluding to a stumble or fall), pedal, impeccable, podium, octopus, and impeach. Earliest documented use: 1595.
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PESCANT - fishy
PERCANT - coffee-like
PECTANT - 1. gelling; 2. chesty
PEE? CAN'T :-( - I have an enlarged prostate gland
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PRESTIGIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (pre-STEEJ-uhs, -STIJ-)
MEANING: adjective: Honored, esteemed, or having high status.
ETYMOLOGY: From French prestige (current meaning: prestige, earlier: illusion, deceit), from Latin praestigiosis (full of tricks), from praestringere (to dazzle, to blindfold), from pre- (before) + stringere (to tie or bind). Earliest documented use: 1534.
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PYRESTIGIOUS - combustible
CRESTIGIOUS - attractive to surfers
PRESATIGIOUS - reducing the appetite
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DAPPER
PRONUNCIATION: (DAP-uhr)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Stylish in dress.
2. Small and active.
ETYMOLOGY: Probably from Middle Dutch dapper (strong or stout). Earliest documented use: 1440.
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DA PAPER - the Brooklyn Eagle
DAPIPER - whom he who calls the tune has to pay
DIAPPER - very, very sodden Pampers (twice as much P as usual)
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PETERMAN
PRONUNCIATION: (PEE-tuhr-muhn)
MEANING: noun: Safecracker.
ETYMOLOGY: From peter, slang for a safe. Earliest documented use: 1400.
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JETERMAN - famed Yankee shortstop
PET ERMIN - a domesticated otter
PEWTERMAN - a Colonial superhero who dazzled the Bad Guys so they couldn't fight
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PRUDISH
PRONUNCIATION: (PROO-dish)
MEANING: adjective: Overly concerned with propriety or decorum, especially in matters of sex.
ETYMOLOGY: From prude, from Old French prudefemme (wise or good woman), feminine of prud’homme (wise man). Earliest documented use: 1717.
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RUDISH - kinda impolite
PRU-DASH - a short race held just before the Boston Marathon, for contrast
PERU-DISH - Lima beans
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