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habanera My dictionary does not give "n tilda" sound, which is ignorant.
n.
5Sp, lit., of Habana, Havana6
1 a slow Cuban dance similar to the tango
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habitus
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pl. 3tus 73t!s8 5ModL < L, HABIT6
1 HABIT (n. 5 & 7)
2 general physical appearance and body build, sometimes related to a predisposition to certain diseases
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So, you could have grunions having a go at it on the shore, and later having a little post-coital repast of grout, but, if not on the qui vive [cross-thread ref.] for fish nets, could end up as gurry at the cannery? Hmmmm.....sounds grotesquely fishy to me.  *Edit: I will continue to edit this today, wwh, to work in all your g-words.
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Dear WW: Thank you for your interest, but remember the words came from Scripps-Howard.
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Dear wwh, I hadn't appreciated that grotesque stemmed from grotto. Thanks for that insight - it gives me a whole new feel for the word. It seems there is more of fear and less of fantastic there.
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I have only heard the last two meanings of this word.
I agree, the second two meanings are everyday usage, but the first two must be very rare even though they are placed first. The OED gives a further meaning: of a pig - (vt) to turn up earth with the snout. Can't say I've come across that either!
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When is a grotto not "grotesque"? When it's the famous blue grotto of Capri, where one of the late Roman emperors had a hideaway, can't remember his name. "The Blue Grotto is accessible only by sea and is known for its incredible iridescent blue water and reflections on the cave walls caused by refracted sunlight penetrating through a large opening beneath the water. You may be taken in by independently operated boats or swim in. However, swimming in the Blue Grotto is only allowed before or after the independently operated boat tours' hours of operation. Edit: I found the Emperor's name. Tiberius. Here is a advertisement that does have a lot of descriptive material" http://www.hotelolimpico.it/downcapri.htm
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What Tiberius got up to on Capri doesn't bear recounting here, but it was certainly grotesque.
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Well I hope so. It is always pleasing to have calumny against leaders exposed for what it is. Leaders are very likely to suffer from people rewriting history for their own ends and it renews my faith in humanity when they turn out not to have been so bad after all.
And of course: The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones.
Thanks for the link.
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