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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Absent Antonyms #85113 10/30/2002 2:37 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Not long ago we had "agelast" = one who never smles. But apparently there is no antonym. Noverca is Latin for stepmother, and there is an adjective "novercal". But though Latin "viticus means "stepfather" there is no English word using the root. Seems odd. Can you think of other such pairs? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Absent Antonyms #85114 10/30/2002 8:56 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... It's a great question, wwh, but I just woke up and there's no way my brain's going to turn in that direction so early. However, somewhere in tsuwm's lexicon he has a word for a phoney, Broadway smile. If he reads here, maybe he'll provide that word. Not exactly constant smiling, but pretty dearned close. x [infinity] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Absent Antonyms #85115 02/26/2003 9:08 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass four months later, and still smilin'.. a grinagog is a perpetual grinner. ..and.. an eccedentesiast is a person who fakes a smile, as on television. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Absent Antonyms #85116 02/26/2003 11:53 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Well, slap my face and call me, "Sally"! Thanks, tsuwm! 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 View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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