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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread estivate #36514 03/05/03 01:50 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory I'd like to bring this thread out of hibernation, so to speak, and ask a question about estivation. Can the word be applied to any activity carried out during the summer, or does it strictly apply to a physiological phenomenon such as carried out by snails? That is, could a person visiting a locale for the summer be said to be "estivating in San Francisco"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Estivate Bobyoungbalt 07/25/01 03:13 PM Re: Estivate tsuwm 07/25/01 03:25 PM Re: Estivate wwh 07/25/01 05:17 PM Re: Estivate tsuwm 07/25/01 05:42 PM Re: Estivate Faldage 07/25/01 05:53 PM Re: Estivate belligerentyouth 07/26/01 08:12 AM A Froggy would a-wooing go Bobyoungbalt 07/26/01 03:44 PM Re: A Froggy would a-wooing go Faldage 07/26/01 03:59 PM estivate Alex Williams 03/05/03 01:50 PM Re: estivate tsuwm 03/05/03 02:28 PM Re: estivate Faldage 03/05/03 02:30 PM aestivus for the rest of us Alex Williams 03/05/03 05:19 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,015 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 459 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 23 A C Bowden 12 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,969 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,958 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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