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UNTRAMMELED or UNTRAMELLED
PRONUNCIATION: (uhn-TRAM-uhld)
MEANING: adjective: Not limited or restricted.
ETYMOLOGY: From un- (not) + trammel (a restriction or hindrance), from Old French tramail, from Latin tremaculum (a three-layered fishing net), from tres (three) + macula (mesh). Ultimately from the Indo-European root trei- (three), which also gave us three, testify (to be the third person: to bear witness), and triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13). Earliest documented use: 1795.
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UNTRAMPLED – not of the vintage where the Grapes of Wrath are
U.N. TEAM M.E. LED - the monitors from the United Nations were supervised by the Medical Examiner
ULTRA-SMELLED – raised a big stink
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PILLORY
PRONUNCIATION: (PIL-uh-ree)
MEANING: verb tr.: To subject to severe public criticism or ridicule.
noun: A device used in the past to publicly punish offenders by locking their head and hands in place.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French pilori, probably from Latin pila (pillar). Earliest documented use: 1330.
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SPILLORY - a side channel in a dam, to permit runoff of excess water
PILFORY - Fagin's School for Buddng Thieves and Pickpockets
PILLOTRY - Frederick's intended profession (pre-Buttercup)
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TEMERITY
PRONUNCIATION: (tuh-MER-i-tee)
MEANING: noun: Excessive or reckless boldness.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin temere (blindly, rashly). Ultimately from the Indo-European root temh-es- (darkness), which also gave us Sanskrit tamas (darkness), German Dämmerung (twilight), and gotterdammerung. Earliest documented use: 1475. The adjectival form is temerarious
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DEMERITY - reprimandous
TEAMERITY - 1) like excellent Oolong; 2) a portmanteau word: worthy of an award for excellence as a group
TEMERITE - a dark mineral of off-Earth origin
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RABBIT HOLE
PRONUNCIATION: (RAB-it hohl)
MEANING: noun:
1. A bizarre, confusing, or disorienting situation that’s hard to exit.
2. A lengthy and often unproductive detour, especially one involving a series of tangents (as in online browsing).
ETYMOLOGY: From the rabbit hole into which Alice falls in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). The term was first used literally, for an entrance to a rabbit warren in 1667, and metaphorically from 1938.
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RABBI'S HOLE - where to hide from the Inquisition
ROBBIT HOLE - where to lubricate R. Daneel Olivaw
RABBIT ¡HOLA! - "Eh, what's up, Doc?" in Mexico City
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PHLIZZ
PRONUNCIATION: (fliz)
MEANING: noun: Something existing only in name: an illusion or empty semblance.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by Lewis Carroll in the novel Sylvie and Bruno (1889). Earliest documented use: 1889.
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POLIZZ - the law enforcer in the Cheezburger store
PHLOZZ - what you scrape between your teeth with
PUH-LIZZ - artsy for "Don't insult my iinteligence!"
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