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P This letter is a rude outline of a man's mouth, the upright being the neck. In Hebrew it is called pe (the
mouth).
Damned if I see the resemblance.
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Pabana (The) or Peacock Dance. A grave and stately Spanish dance, so called from the manner in which
the lady held up her skirt during the performance.
From this we get "pavane" as in DeBussy "Pavane pour une enfante défunte".
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Pagan properly means “belonging to a village” (Latin, pagus). The Christian Church fixed itself first in
cities, the centres of intelligence. Long after it had been established in towns, idolatrous practices
continued to be observed in rural districts and villages, so pagan and villager came to mean the same
thing. (See Heathen. )
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Pagoda A temple in China, Hindustan, etc. (Hindustanee, boot-khuda, abode of God; Persian, put-gada,
idol-house; Spanish, pagoda.)
Limerick: There was a young lady named Rhoda
Who dwelt in a Chines pagoda
The walls and the halls
Were festooned with....................
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07/26/2002 4:05 PM
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Pal A gipsy-word, meaning a brother, or companion.
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Palace originally meant a dwelling on the Palatine Hill of Rome. This hill was so called from Pales, a
pastoral deity,
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Palaver comes from the Portuguese
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07/26/2002 4:17 PM
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P This letter is a rude outline of a man's mouth, the upright being the neck. In Hebrew it is called pe (the
mouth).
Damned if I see the resemblance.
...says Bill. Just think Alfred Hitchcock and I think you'll see it. It looks like he's "P" for "pouting" to me.
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07/26/2002 4:19 PM
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Odd to think of the pastoral deity moved into a palace, of all things. So far removed from what we think of as pastoral, huh? Guess that's what happens when the country moves to the city and gets all uppity.
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07/26/2002 4:21 PM
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Palaver comes from the Portuguese to mean what? To talk? Isn't that what palavering is? Oh, maybe it's the conversation of those gypsy pals, Dr. Bill. Palavering pals in a pastoral palace. Odd thread, this one...
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07/26/2002 4:23 PM
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Debussy's "Pavane" is an eloquent, exquisite work to hear played at a funeral or memorial service, especially the arrangement for viola.
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So, from what you wrote about the idolatrous practices continuing in the villages, are we to understand that they didn't take place in the cities? Sounds fishy to me...
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Palestra (3 syl.). Either the act of wrestling, etc., or the place in which the Grecian youths practised
athletic exercises. (Greek, pale, wrestling.)
Palestrina or Pelestrina. An island nearly south of Venice, noted for its glass-houses.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, called “The Prince of Music.” (1529-1594.)
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Palimpsest A parchment on which the original writing has been effaced, and something else has been
written. (Greek, palin, again; psao, I rub or efface.) When parchment was not supplied in sufficient
quantities, the monks and others used to wash or rub out the writing in a parchment and use it again. As
they did not wash or rub it out entirely, many works have been recovered by modern ingenuity. Thus
Cicero's De Republica has been restored; it was partially erased to make room for a commentary of St.
Augustine on the Psalms. Of course St. Augustine's commentary was first copied, then erased from the
parchment, and the original MS. of Cicero made its appearance.
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07/26/2002 4:31 PM
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Palestra: Pale wrestling? How odd. Did they wrestle till they died? Did they keep the wrestlers out of the sun? I don't get it, Dr. Bill.
Have you noticed I'm trying to keep up with you here?
"P" for Pest regards,
Wordwind
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07/26/2002 4:34 PM
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Was the palimpsest over Cicero the entire "Republic?" No one must have thought much of it--haha!--if the entire thing was written over!
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Palliate (3 syl.) means simply to cloak. (Latin, pallium, a cloak.)
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Palmer A pilgrim privileged to carry a palm-staff: In Fosbroke's British Monachism we read that “certain
prayers and psalms being said over the pilgrims, as they lay prostrate before the altar, they were sprinkled
with holy water, and received a consecrated palm-staff. Palmers differed from pilgrims in this respect: a
pilgrim made his pilgrimage and returned to public or private life; but a palmer spent all his days in visiting
holy shrines, and lived on charity.
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07/26/2002 4:43 PM
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Pamphlet said to be from Pamphila, a Greek lady, whose chief work is a commonplace book of
anecdotes, epitomes, notes, etc. Dr. Johnson suggests par-un-filet (held “by a thread”)- i.e. stitched, but
not bound; another derivation is paginae filatae (pages tacked together). It was anciently written
panfletus, pamflete, and by Caxton paunflet.
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07/26/2002 4:47 PM
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I actually used pallia in a poem way back in November, Dr. Bill. I believe pallia were worn by high-ranking Romans. Not sure, but think so...
Didn't know the verb, however, "to cloak." Thanks for that. I don't think anybody uses palliate meaning to cloak today...
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07/26/2002 4:50 PM
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How odd that we hear so often of the pilgrims, but not of the palmers.
My dentist is Dr. Palmer, but he doesn't live off charity, I'll tell you that!
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Emily stitched her poems together, so she's a sister of sorts of this Greek lady Pamphila....
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07/26/2002 4:58 PM
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Dear Dr. Bill,
I'll be back in a little while to see what else you've "p" for "pleased" us with. Have to defrag my computer some more. It takes hours to completely defrag a computer.
Please don't forget:
pusillanimous
parsimonious
prestidigitation
piffle
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07/26/2002 8:02 PM
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Dear WW: You don't know what a piffle can be until you read this: http://www.mbay.net/~jmd/1601.html
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Fiberbabe:
Thanks for much for that article. I read it to the end and, according to the article, the more elite Romans didn't want to wear the pallium at all and thought it to be somewhat barbaric and--ha!--Greek. They preferred togas as a mark of distinction.
Pallium used as: cloak, horse blanket, curtains, blanket to lay you down at night, even--biggest surprise--sails on a boat! The remarkable, wonderful pallium.
Thanks again for one terrific article.
WW
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07/27/2002 5:03 PM
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Parasite (Greek, para sitos, eating at another's cost). A plant or animal that lives on another; hence a
hanger-on, who fawns and flatters for the sake of his food.
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Parlance In common parlance. In the usual or vulgar phraseology. An English-French word; the French
have parler, parlant, parlage, etc.- to speak, speaking, talk- but not parlance.
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Parlement (French). A crown court, where, in the old régime, councillors were allowed to plead, and
where justice was administered in the king's name. The Paris Parlement received appeals from all inferior
tribunals, but its own judgments were final. It took cognisance of all offences against the crown, the
peers, the bishops, the corporations, and all high officers of state; and, though it had no legislative power,
had to register the royal edicts before they could become law. Abolished by the Constituent Assembly in
1790.
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07/27/2002 5:12 PM
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Parliament
“My Lord Coke tells us Parliament is derived from `parler le ment' (to speak one's mind). He
might as honestly have taught us that firmament is `firma mentis' (a farm for the mind) or
`fundament' the bottom of the mind.”- Rymer: On Parliaments.
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07/27/2002 5:17 PM
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Parody Father of Parody. Hippomax of Ephesus, The word parody means an ode which perverts the
meaning of another ode. (Greek, para ode.)
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07/27/2002 5:18 PM
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Parole (French). A verbal promise given by a soldier or prisoner of war, that he will not abuse his leave
of absence; the watchword of the day.
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Parson says Blackstone, is “persona ecclesiae, one that hath full rights of the parochial church.” (See
Clerical Titles.)
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Parvenu' (French). An upstart; one who has risen from the ranks.
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Pertinacious pundits palaver pending palpable pandering; pixilated parlance perishes particularly; pedagogic paragons paradoxically propose parataxis. Percipiently, peripatetic protesters placatingly promote pulchritudinous protocol, provoking parallel perspicacity. Pandemonium plummets, persuading pious patriarchal personalities precarious pontificating protects. Prosaic peace prevails.
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07/28/2002 1:22 AM
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percussionists, precariously perched, practice paradiddles...
pa-ra-did-dle, pa-ra-did-dle, pa-ra-did-dle, pa-ra-did-dle...
formerly known as etaoin...
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Patina A beautiful surface deposit or fine rust, with which, in time, buried coins and bronzes become
covered. It is at once preservative and ornamental, and may be seen to advantage in the ancient bronzes
of Pompeii. (Greek, patane, a paten.)
Notice Brewer calls it "rust". Reminds me of joke about magician who brought statue of
Civil War general to life, and asked what was the first thing he was going to do.
"Shoot a million pigeons," said the general.
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07/28/2002 4:24 PM
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St. Patrick's real name was Succat, changed first into Cothraige, then to Magonus, and afterwards (on
his ordination) to Patricius.
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