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That's it!! Philtrum! That's the bloody cold word. What a stupid word for such a lovely, delectable place.
And, wwh, you were positively poetic with your response! It has given me my greatest chunk of joy today! Bravo and bravo! I'm all for the intercostal waterways.
Faldage: I don't know what I would call it. I just wouldn't call it a rollercoaster. How would you ever get all those ups and downs and curves around into THE best name? I think The Rebel Yell says a heckuva lot more about that ride than rollercoaster. But give me some time and some dreaming here--I may come up with something. I know! Just call it the Gyratingphiltrum!
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Wildwind
tsuwm, I just KNEW you were there with your lexicon!
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In one of Mary Stewart's books, a very old recipe is found, called, "The Love Philtre". Can anyone tell me why the word philtre was used here?
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She must have gone to same school as Harry Potter. Probably love philtres are not taught until senior year
"you do is like strong magic wine, a love philtre for boys." ... my neices and nephews.
They're off reading Harry Potter and the like. I've read HP ... ."
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Dear Jackie,
Love philter = love love potion (a redundancy, perhaps intentional from the calculating Ms. Stewart?)
Here's the bit from Bartleby:
VARIANT FORMS: also phil·tre
NOUN: 1. A love potion. 2. A magic potion or charm.
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: phil·tered also phil·tred, phil·ter·ing, phil·tring, phil·ters, phil·tres
To enchant with or as if with a philter.
ETYMOLOGY: French philtre, from Old French, from Latin philtrum, from Greek philtron, from philein, to love, from philos, beloved, loving.
Best regards,
DubDub, who ain't found such a concoction -- yet!
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wordwhims,
from your own lips... er... fingers:
philter - A love potion... from Latin philtrum
still think philtrum is too ordinaire?
p.s. to jackie - the connection is potion >> charm >> charming :-)
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Dear Contsuwmaly,
Just following in the footsteps of the Morpheus god...
Best regards,
Wordwise A philtrum convert....
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