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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Lovecraftisms #298 03/23/00 04:49 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6 New York State B Bryan stranger Bryan stranger B Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6 New York State I enjoy reading Lovecraft too. One of my favorite Lovecraftisms is "eldritch." From http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html Pronunciation:'el-drich Function: adjective Etymology: perhaps from (assumed) Middle English elfriche fairyland, from Middle English elf + riche kingdom, from Old English rIce -- more at RICH Date: 1508 : WEIRD, EERIE Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted H.P. Lovecraft Willy 03/16/00 03:28 AM Re: H.P. Lovecraft whalemeat 03/16/00 06:19 AM Re: H.P. Lovecraft lusy 03/18/00 07:43 AM Re: H.P. Lovecraft David108 05/10/00 02:01 AM Re: H.P. Lovecraft Jackie 05/10/00 12:16 PM Re: H.P. Lovecraft alf 03/18/00 08:35 AM Re: H.P. Lovecraft Willy 03/19/00 06:18 AM Lovecraftisms Bryan 03/23/00 04:49 PM Re: H.P. Lovecraft bberry 03/23/00 07:42 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 520 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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