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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Estivate #36506 07/25/2001 3:13 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 One of the quotations to illustrate this word included, "snails estivate through the long summer months on the trunks of the trees." Well, of course. They would hardly estivate through the winter months, would they? I consider the quoted section a tautology. Agree? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Estivate Bobyoungbalt 07/25/2001 3:13 PM Re: Estivate tsuwm 07/25/2001 3:25 PM Re: Estivate wwh 07/25/2001 5:17 PM Re: Estivate tsuwm 07/25/2001 5:42 PM Re: Estivate Faldage 07/25/2001 5:53 PM Re: Estivate belligerentyouth 07/26/2001 8:12 AM A Froggy would a-wooing go Bobyoungbalt 07/26/2001 3:44 PM Re: A Froggy would a-wooing go Faldage 07/26/2001 3:59 PM estivate Alex Williams 03/05/2003 1:50 PM Re: estivate tsuwm 03/05/2003 2:28 PM Re: estivate Faldage 03/05/2003 2:30 PM aestivus for the rest of us Alex Williams 03/05/2003 5:19 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

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