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NAUSEATE
PRONUNCIATION: (NAW-zee/zhee/see/shee-ayt)
MEANING: verb tr., intr.
1. To experience or induce nausea (stomach distress with an urge to vomit).
2. To feel or evoke disgust.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nauseare (to be seasick), from Greek nausea, from naus (ship). Earliest documented use: 1625.
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NAUSEANTE - it's sickening what they charge to let you into the poker game
N.A.U. SEATED - the North American Union took its place on the committee
HAUSMATE - with whom you share a Berlin home
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KEEL
PRONUNCIATION: (keel)
MEANING: noun: 1. The beam along the length of the base of a ship or boat on which the frame is built.
2. A fin-like structure on the bottom of a hull, improving stability.
verb tr., intr.: To capsize, collapse, or fall.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse kjölr. Earliest documented use 1532. See also keelhaul.
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KEEL - the eleventh and twelfth letters of the Roman alphabet
KEG-EL - Superman's father's drinking buddy in University, on Krypton
KETEL - got into trouble for inappropriately calling the pot black
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BY AND LARGE
PRONUNCIATION: (by uhn LARJ)
MEANING: adverb: In general; on the whole.
ETYMOLOGY: From the world of sailing, describing a ship that could sail well in almost all wind conditions. Earliest documented use: 1669.
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BRYAN D'LARGE - an Irish lord from the Dark Ages whose appellation derived from his stature - tall, wide, and thick
BOY AND LARGE - caption for a snapshot of Marmaduke, the Great Dane, and his young owner
BY AND LARGO - a stately dance, music by Georg Fredrick Handel
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ECLAT or ÉCLAT
PRONUNCIATION: (ay-KLAH)
MEANING: noun:
1. Enthusiastic approval or praise.
2. A strikingly brilliant display or effect.
3. Notable success.
ETYMOLOGY: From French éclat (splinter, brilliance), from éclater (to burst out), which also gave us slat and eclair. Earliest documented use: 1676.
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EFLAT - same as DSharp, of course
ACLUT - the trolley that goes to the American Civil Liberties Union headquarters
EGLAT - a measurement - for example, Latitude
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From French éclat (splinter, brilliance), from éclater (to burst out), which also gave us slat and eclair. derived from éclater? I thought it came from éclairer, to light up (not necessarily as a flash or sparkle).
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BOSKY
PRONUNCIATION: (BAH-skee)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Densely wooded; covered in trees and shrubs.
2. Pertaining to forests or wooded areas.
ETYMOLOGY: From bosk (bush), from Latin bosca. Earliest documented use: 1616.
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BOSKO - a powdered chocolate milk drink
BOSKEY - a single keystroke that will bring up on your computer screen a spreadsheet, so if the Boss unexpectedly drops in you can quickly make it look like you've been doing some serious work (instead of surfing the net, as usual)
BOOSKY - term of disapproval expressed by unhappy sports fans at the Krakow Stadium
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FUBSY
PRONUNCIATION: (FUHB-zee)
MEANING: adjective: Short and stout; stocky.
ETYMOLOGY: From fubs (chubby person), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1780.
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BUBSY - Famiiy name of two sets of twins (Nan and Bert; Freddy and Flossie) in an eponymous series of books for eight-to-ten year olds,
FUBIY - irreverent military acronym, à la FUBAR: unravels to "Fouled Up By Ignorant Yahoos"
F.U. BUSY. - Amscray. I have more important things to do.
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GLEED
PRONUNCIATION: (gleed)
MEANING: noun: A glowing coal.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English gled. Ultimately from the Indo-European root ghel- (to shine), which also gave us yellow, gold, glimmer, gloaming, gloze, glimpse, and glass. Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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FLEED - incorrect past tense of flee, often used instead of FLEW
GLEND - nickname of the Good Witch of the South
GLEYED - spoiled, the way some of the the best-laid plans o' mice and men gang aft
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SAPID
PRONUNCIATION: (SAP-id)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Having a pleasant taste or flavor.
2. Pleasant; engaging; stimulating.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sapidus (tasty), from sapere (to taste). Earliest documented use: 1634.
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STAPID - like the innermost bone of the middle ear
USA PID - pelvic inflammatory disease in the United States
SAPIN - a fastener used in the southern part of the Western Hemisphere to affix a hat to a woman's hair
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FARCE
PRONUNCIATION: (fars)
MEANING: noun: 1. A light play, film, or literary work involving absurd, exaggerated, or improbable situations.
2. Humor of this type.
3. An absurd or ridiculous situation; mockery.
4. A mix of finely chopped ingredients used as stuffing.
verb tr.: 1. To pad a speech or written work with jokes or witty remarks.
2. To stuff or fill with culinary mixture.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French farce (stuffing, interlude), from Latin farsa, feminine of Latin farsus, from farcire (to stuff). Earliest documented use: 1390.
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FEARCE - having great strength and vigor
FARCEE - the official language of western Eeran
FARTE - flatulence, in the 1500s
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