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#89346
12/12/2002 3:58 PM
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cladoptosis, annual shedding of twigs and branches. cladose, branching;
branched
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#89347
12/12/2002 4:01 PM
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Oftten used in AWADtalk, but never defined. For those who did not take Latin:
circa
prep.
5L6 about: used before an approximate date or figure !circa 1650"
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12/12/2002 4:04 PM
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Used several times here but not previously defined:
circumspect
adj.
5ME < L circumspectus, pp. of circumspicere, to look about: see CIRCUM3 & SPY6careful to consider all related circumstances before acting, judging, or deciding; cautious; careful
—SYN CAREFUL
cir#cum[spec4tion
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#89349
12/12/2002 4:06 PM
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cisco
n.,
pl. 3co, 3coes, or 3cos 5< CdnFr ciscovette < Algonquian6 any of various trouts (esp. genus Coregonus) found in the colder lakes of the NE U.S. and of Canada
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#89350
12/12/2002 4:09 PM
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The land of the Cimmerians lay on the edge of Hades. It is a land of perpetual dusk. There
the spirits of the dead wait for the ferry of Charon (CARE on) to take them to the Underworld.
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12/12/2002 5:23 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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Cimmeria - wasn't that the homeland of Conan the Barbarian?
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#89352
12/13/2002 4:33 AM
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related to cladistics, a system of biological classification, the details of which I forget.
Bingley
Bingley
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#89353
12/13/2002 2:22 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Cladaptosis could mean trees unclad of summer clothing to hibernate.
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