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ANADEM
PRONUNCIATION: (AN-uh-dem)
MEANING: noun: A wreath or garland for the head.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin anadema (wreath, headband), from Greek anadema, from anadein (to wreathe, bind up), from ana- (back, up) + dein (to bind). Earliest documented use: 1598.
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CANADEM - a US expatriate who doesn't like the current US administration
ANALEM' - an abbreviated somewhat disdtrted figure-of-eight centered on the equator of a globe, charting the path of the noonday sun over the course of a year
ACADEM - a House of Learning
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CHORIZONT
PRONUNCIATION: (KOR-i-zont)
MEANING: noun: One who disputes the authorship of a work.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek khorizo (to separate). Earliest documented use: 1868.
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HORIZONT - parallel to the line between sea and sky
CHORIONT - an organism having a liquid-filled sac in which its embryo floats
THORIZONT - a citizen of Asgard who can trace his roots back to the Thunder God
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SUSURRATION
PRONUNCIATION: (soo-suh-RAY-shuhn)
MEANING: noun: A soft, low sound, such as a rustling, whispering, or murmuring.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin susurrare (to whisper or hum), from susurrus (a murmur or whisper), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: before 1425.
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SUS-ORRATION - a discourse given in the southern United States on the cotton- and slave-based economy
SUN/SURFATION - ditto in Florida, Southern California, and Hawaii for the leisure economy
CUSSRRATION - a limited number of imprecations
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TEMULENT
PRONUNCIATION: (TEM-yuh-luhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Drunk; intoxicated.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin temetum (intoxicating drink) + -ulentus (full of). Earliest documented use: 1629.
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TEMULENE - a cyclic hydrcarbon with the empirical formula C6H6CH3
THEMULENT - the ones you temporarily entrusted to the care of someone else
ITEMULENT - singlar of THEMULENT
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TREPIDANT
PRONUNCIATION: (TREP-i-duhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Timid, apprehensive, or trembling with fear.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin trepidare (to hurry or be alarmed). Earliest documented use: 1891.
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TREPEDANT - three-footed
STREPIDANT - infected with round, gram-Positive microorganisms
TREPIDON'T - declining to tackle even an only-moderately-risky challenge
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VISCID
PRONUNCIATION: (VIS-id)
MEANING: adjective: Sticky; glutinous; slimy.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin viscidus (sticky), from viscum (birdlime, mistletoe). Earliest documented use: 1635.
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MISC ID - miscellaneous form of identification
VIZ., CID - that is to say, the Criminal Investigation Division
VISAID - a brand of corrective lenses
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PULCHRITUDINOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (puhl-kri-TOOD/TYOOD-uh-nuhs)
MEANING: adjective: Physically beautiful; comely.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin pulchritudo (beauty), from pulcher (beautiful). Earliest documented use: 1706.
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PULCHRISTUDIOUS - like a connoisseur of feminine beauty
MULCHRITUDINOUS - applying a layer of protective material around the base of a plant, to protect against dehydration or other hazards
PUL-CHARIOTUDINOUS - describing the motive power of a two-wheeled Roman racing vehicle
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PSITHURISM
PRONUNCIATION: (SITH-yuh-riz-uhm)
MEANING: noun: A rustling or whispering sound, especially of leaves in the wind.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek psithurizein (to whisper), from psithuros (whispering, slanderous). Earliest documented use: 1848.
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SITH URISM - the masters of the Dark Side of the Force were the power behind the ancient Sumerian city
PSI TOURISM - using teleportation and telekinesis to see the sights more efficiently
P.S., IT HUBRIS, M? - Oh, and by the way, don't you think you're being just a bit too cocky?
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VINOLENT
PRONUNCIATION: (VAI-nuh-luhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Drunken with wine; given to drinking wine to excess.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vinolentus (full of or drunk with wine), from vinum (wine) + -ulent (full of). Earliest documented use: 1384.
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VINYLENT - plasticized
VINOCENT - a penny for a dram of wine
VI: NO LET - Clause Six: Sub-leasing is not permitted
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TIMORSOME
PRONUNCIATION: (TIM-uhr-suhm)
MEANING: adjective: Timid; easily frightened.
ETYMOLOGY: From timorous + -some; timorous is ultimately from Latin timor (fear), from timere (to fear). Earliest documented use: c. 1600.
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TIMORDOME- a football arena in Micronesia in the south Pacific
TIMERDOME - igloo-shaped structure covering of the relay system
TIMORDAME - Bloody Mary is the / Girl I Love
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LENTOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (LEN-tuhs)
MEANING: adjective: Sticky; viscous.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lentus (sticky, viscous, tenacious; also slow). Earliest documented use: 1646.
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LENTOLUS - a very small loan
DENTOUS - toothy
ILE’И’TOUS - a store where you can buy an island and any accessory you want
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FORMOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (FOR-muhs)
MEANING: adjective: Beautiful.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin formosus (beautiful, handsome), from forma (form, shape, beauty). Earliest documented use: c. 1450.
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FARMOUS - belonging to Old Macdonald
'NORMOUS - ‘uge
FIORMOUS - flowery
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CARROLLIAN
PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-ROH-lee-uhn)
MEANING: adjective: Fanciful, absurd, logic-twisting, or playfully nonsensical.
ETYMOLOGY: After Lewis Carroll, pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Earliest documented use: 1907.
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CARROLLON - a set of silly bells, typically a huge xylophone in a church steeple
CAR-ROLLIN' - a contest where daredevils try to make their automobiles swerve so violently that they turn upside down
COR, ROLL IAN - I guess there's nothin' to do except see if Ian has anythin' worth stealin'
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HIREN
PRONUNCIATION: (HY-ruhn)
MEANING: noun: A seductive woman.
ETYMOLOGY: After Hiren, a character in the lost play The Turkish Mahomet and Hiren the Fair Greek (1594), attributed to George Peele. The name Hiren is a variant of Irene. Earliest documented use: 1600
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SHIREN - the sound of a drunk emergency vehicle
HUREN - second-largest Great Lake (by surface asrea)
HIBEN - Greetings, Mr Franklin
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CRICHTONISM
PRONUNCIATION: (KRY-tuh-niz-uhm)
MEANING: noun: Extraordinary accomplishment in many fields.
ETYMOLOGY: After James Crichton (1560-1582), a Scottish scholar, linguist, debater, and man of letters whose reputation for wide-ranging brilliance led to the epithet the Admirable Crichton. Earliest documented use: 1850.
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CRISHTONISM - how Mrs Malaprop refers to Protestantism when she's in her cups
RICHTOWNISM - complaining about them durn upper-class city slickers
SCRICHTONISM - when you're strickien by an intolerable itch
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MONA LISA
PRONUNCIATION: (MOH-nuh LEE-suh/zuh)
MEANING: noun: A woman with an enigmatic smile or expression.
adjective: Enigmatic, mysterious, or inscrutable, especially of a smile or expression.
ETYMOLOGY: After Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (c. 1503-1519). Earliest documented use: 1835.
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MORALISA - what an Itaian ethicist does
'MONA LIST - they have a dossier on me on me and.a lotta other folks
MON ALISSA - Betcha can't guess my girl friend's name!
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COMSTOCK LODE
PRONUNCIATION: (KUHM/KOM-stahk LOHD)
MEANING: noun: A rich supply or source, especially one that seems inexhaustible.
ETYMOLOGY: After Henry T.P. Comstock (c. 1820-1870), a prospector whose name is attached to the rich silver-and-gold deposit discovered in 1859 near what is now Virginia City, Nevada. Earliest documented use: 1866.
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COM STORK LODE - urging the bird to wrap the babies in blankets before taking them out for delivery
SOM STOCK LODE - you mean some of the cattle mooed?
COM-STiCK LODE - a whole bunch of wands which you could use to talk to other people
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SOMEWHEN
PRONUNCIATION: (SUHM-(h)wen)
MEANING: adverb: At some indefinite or unspecified time; sometime.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English sum (some) + when, from Old English hwenne. Earliest documented use: 1297.
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HOMEWHEN - a teenager's somewhat imprecise curfew
SOMEHEN - when you've seeo n e chicken you've seen. 'em all
SOREWHEN - post-exercise aching
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DISPOSITIVELY
PRONUNCIATION: (dis-POZ-uh-tiv-lee)
MEANING: adverb: Conclusively; so as to settle the matter.
ETYMOLOGY: From dispositive, from dispose, from Old French disposer, from Latin disponere (to arrange), from dis- (apart) + ponere (to put). Earliest documented use: 1475.
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DOS, POSITIVELY - one side of the 30-year-old argument between Mr Mac and Mr IBM-PC as to whose Disc Operating System is superior
DI'S POSITIVE, TY - Tyrone wondered whether the rabbit test showed anything interesting...
DIPOSITIVELY - How shall I handle all the proceeds from today's sales?
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YONDER
PRONUNCIATION: (YON-duhr)
MEANING: adverb: Over there; at a relatively distant place.
adjective: Being over there; farther away.
ETYMOLOGY: From yond (at a distance), from Old English geond (beyond, at a distance, over there). Earliest documented use: before 1300.
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YONKER - a singular city, just north of the Bronx
YODER - a venerable green Jedi Master from Boston
Y'ORDER - what you asked the wait-staff in the Atlanta restaurant to bring you
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LUBBERLY
PRONUNCIATION: (LUHB-uhr-lee)
MEANING: adverb: Clumsily, awkwardly, or unskillfully.
adjective: Clumsy, awkward, or unskilled; not seamanlike.
ETYMOLOGY: From lubber (a clumsy or inexperienced person, especially an inept sailor). Earliest documented use: 1580.
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LUMBERLY - massisve, slow-moving, and clumsy
BUBBERLY - fizzy, in Boston
WUBBERLY - weak-kneed and wobbly
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NIGH
PRONUNCIATION: (ny)
MEANING: adverb: Nearly; almost.
adjective: Near.
preposition: Near.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English neh (near). Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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KNIGH - a chivalrouous gentleman who needs Earl Grey's celebrated beverage
EIGH - nine minus one
'N UGH - 'n apostrophe expressing profound distaste
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ARETE
PRONUNCIATION: (for 1: ar-uh-TAY, for 2: uh-RAYT/RET)
MEANING: noun:
1. Virtue or excellence, especially the realization of one’s potential.
2. A sharp, narrow mountain ridge.
ETYMOLOGY: For 1: From Greek arete (goodness, excellence).
For 2: From French arête (fishbone, ridge, or edge), from Latin arista (ear of corn, fishbone).
Earliest documented use: 1838.
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BARETE - a small bar-shaped clamp for holding hair in position
AREATE - taking up space on a geometric surface
ARETEN - a droid from eight generations after the time of Star-Wars
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COPROLOGY
PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-PROL-uh-jee)
MEANING: noun:
1. The scientific study of excrement.
2. Pornographic material.
3. Language, literature, or art dealing with excretory matters in a prurient or humorous manner.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek kopro- (dung) + -logy (study). Earliest documented use: 1856.
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COPOLOGY - the study of members of a unifomed municipal police force
CORPOLOGY - the study of commercial organizations of one particuar kind
COMPROLOGY - the study of free tickets
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NOODLE
PRONUNCIATION: (NOOD-l)
MEANING: noun: 1. A long narrow strip of dough, usually cooked by boiling.
2. Head.
3. A fool; a simpleton.
verb intr.: 1. To improvise on an instrument in a haphazard or casual way.
2. To muse, improvise, experiment, or play around.
3. To catch or try to catch fish, especially catfish, by hand.
ETYMOLOGY: For noun 1: From German Nudel (noodle).
For noun 2-3: Perhaps an alteration of noddle (head).
For verb 1-2: Perhaps imitative.
For verb 3: Origin unknown.
Earliest documented use: 1720.
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NOODRE - alternative to masculine and feminine
NOOBLE - obscured, veiled, from latin nubes (cloud)
UN-OODLE - to reduce from a multitude to a single object
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HOCK
PRONUNCIATION: (hok, rhymes with clock)
MEANING: verb tr.: To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to make ineffective. (Also see hamstring and hough.)
noun: The joint in the hind leg of a quadruped animal, such as a horse, corresponding anatomically to the human ankle.
verb tr.: To pawn.
noun: 1. The state of being pawned.
2. Debt.
3. Prison.
verb tr.: To forcefully spit out something, such as phlegm.
ETYMOLOGY: For the leg-related senses: a variant of hough, from Old English hoh (heel).
For the pawn-related senses: from Dutch hok (pen, hutch, kennel, prison).
For the spit-related sense: a variant of hawk, of imitative origin.
Earliest documented use: 1540.
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HOC - Latin; masculine 3rd person singular of hic (this) in the accusative and nominative cases, and occasionally masculine in the ablative case as well
HOKK - a story about a boy who rides down the Mississippi River on a raft with an escaping slave; the kid is generally considered to be Finnish
HOCKE - a game played on ice while skating with a stick chasing a chunk of rubber, but I won't tell you Y
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GAMY or GAMEY
PRONUNCIATION: (GAY-mee)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Having the flavor or odor of game, especially game meat.
2. Having the flavor or odor of meat kept until slightly tainted.
3. Ill-smelling; rank.
4. Sordid, seamy, corrupt, or disreputable.
5. Suggestive or racy.
6. Plucky or spirited.
ETYMOLOGY: From game (wild animals hunted for food or sport; fighting spirit). Earliest documented use: 1820.
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GAMMY - affectionate nickname for the mother of either of my parents
GUAMY - like the US Territory in the Pacific, largest and southernmost of the Marianas Islands, about 1500 miles south of Japan
GAPEY - like the dentition of seven-year-old who is missing the central upper incisors
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