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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread suppurate #94906 02/07/2003 2:03 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Can you call it a hijack when it's two years old? MaxQ used but did not define "suppurate" " the old petulance suppurates anew." Maybe his cat totem gave him catscratch fever, of which I have not heard for forty years. But that doesn't cause "pussy" stuff. suppurate vi. 3rat#ed, 3rat#ing 5< L suppuratus, pp. of suppurare, to form pus underneath < sup3, SUB3 + pus (gen. puris), PUS6 to form or discharge pus; fester sup#pu[ra4tion n. sup4pu[ra#tive adj. Incidentally, if "puris" is the genitive of pus, who would want to be a "purist"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter whence "suppurate"? #94907 02/09/2003 12:22 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,093 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,093 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA I'm drawing an absolute blank here. I know about Lucent, and Cingular, and Prudential, and Vanguard too, but I never heard of a company called Suppurate. Can someone enlighten me? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: whence "suppurate"? #94908 02/09/2003 1:11 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 In the middle of long paragraph by Wordsmith - "Super 8" hotel chain. You get fester service there. 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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