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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Circular definitions #58686 02/26/2002 3:32 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 The luke in lukewarm comes from ME luke, lewk; akin to OE hleow, meaning "warm," so the term means "warm warm." I like lukewarm because it has (inevitably) led in our house to the term lukecool. [not-to-be-confused-with-Cool-Hand-Luke emoticon] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Circular definitions wordplayer 02/26/2002 7:10 AM Re: Circular definitions doc_comfort 02/26/2002 7:24 AM Re: Circular definitions Rouspeteur 02/26/2002 11:30 AM Re: Circular definitions Bean 02/26/2002 12:14 PM Re: Circular definitions RhubarbCommando 02/26/2002 1:44 PM Re: Circular definitions wwh 02/26/2002 2:28 PM Re: Circular definitions Sparteye 02/26/2002 3:32 PM Re: Circular definitions RhubarbCommando 02/26/2002 11:36 AM Re: Circular definitions wsieber 02/26/2002 1:38 PM Re: Circular definitions of troy 02/26/2002 4:43 PM Re: Circular definitions Rouspeteur 02/26/2002 6:36 PM Re: Circular definitions wwh 02/26/2002 8:45 PM Re: Circular definitions TEd Remington 02/26/2002 9:37 PM Re: Circular definitions Geoff 02/26/2002 9:49 PM Re: Circular definitions WhitmanO'Neill 02/26/2002 9:58 PM Re: Circular definitions Bean 02/27/2002 11:49 AM Colander and sieve TEd Remington 02/28/2002 5:48 PM Re: Punchline wwh 02/28/2002 6:18 PM Re: Punchline wsieber 03/01/2002 6:18 AM Re: Punchline Capital Kiwi 03/01/2002 8:16 AM Re: Punchline Keiva 03/01/2002 5:20 PM Re: Punchline RhubarbCommando 03/03/2002 3:53 PM Re: Punchline wwh 03/03/2002 4:21 PM Re: Punchline Jackie 03/03/2002 5:21 PM Re: Punchline wwh 03/03/2002 6:19 PM Re: Punchline Jackie 03/04/2002 2:36 AM The Cookbook's Anarchist TEd Remington 03/04/2002 1:08 AM Re: The Cookbook's Anarchist Keiva 03/04/2002 1:45 AM Re: Circular definitions Geoff 02/26/2002 9:46 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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