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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Sunday word #78058 08/11/2002 7:15 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Colony: This is a word of Latin origin, that has been applied somewhat misleadingly to the Greek settlements that differed from the later Roman ones, in that the Grecian ones were in no way subject to the city whence they originated, and indeed competed vigorously with it. The Greek name was "apoikia" ="away home". There seems to be no English cognate of it. For more information see:http://www.arches.uga.edu/~iyengar/OEDcolony.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: reluctant #78059 08/11/2002 10:23 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I encountered ususal use of word "reluctant". "The better soil, though still reluctant, was keenly and laboriously cultivated..............." My dictionary as third meaning gives:3 [Rare] struggling against; resisting; opposing But even that doesn't really fit. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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