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Posted By: tsuwm cacestogenous - 02/15/09 06:03 AM
I'm on one of my (usually futile) word hunts again. Mrs. Byrne gives this potentially useful word:

cacestogenous [adj.] caused by unfavorable home environment

as a direct result of this, the word has proliferated somewhat (399 ghits) on the 'net, but I've found no actual use of it in the wild, nor have I found it in any real dictionary.

as always with these, usage or etymology would be most helpful.
Posted By: Faldage Re: cacestogenous - 02/15/09 09:54 AM
Liddel & Scott isn't much help. It does have kakestos (with an eta and an omega) meaning 'ill being'.
Posted By: BranShea Re: cacestogenous - 02/15/09 10:55 AM
On a little curiosity trip, not finding a context for the word, I came across the entry called Sheet1. Too much for my taste but for real wordlerps maybe:
link real wordcrazers.
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: cacestogenous - 02/15/09 11:40 AM
Originally Posted By: Faldage
Liddel & Scott isn't much help. It does have kakestos (with an eta and an omega) meaning 'ill being'.


howdy!
Posted By: BranShea Re: cacestogenous - 02/15/09 11:44 AM
Yeh, you must be real flattered " for I am the eta and the omega". grin
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: cacestogenous - 02/15/09 11:45 AM
yes, I'm trying to figure out how to collect royalties...

:¬ )
Posted By: Faldage Re: cacestogenous - 02/15/09 12:01 PM
You're lucky the original Mr. Shrdlu doesn't sue you for copyright violation.

Actually, my bad. The letter in the Greek is epsilon.
Posted By: BranShea Re: cacestogenous - 02/15/09 12:18 PM
Distributing faux Greek to the ignorant and alms to the poor.
Eta is the Basque separationists' movement.
Posted By: tsuwm Re: cacestogenous - 02/15/09 12:30 PM
Originally Posted By: Faldage
Liddel & Scott isn't much help. It does have kakestos (with an eta and an omega) meaning 'ill being'.


actually, this is some help :: 'ill being' + -genous (-genic), ‘of or relating to origin or development (of the thing or a kind specified by the first element)’

makes it look like one of those inkhorn terms that someone formulated and then never used.
Posted By: LukeJavan8 Re: cacestogenous - 02/15/09 04:30 PM
Originally Posted By: BranShea
On a little curiosity trip, not finding a context for the word, I came across the entry called Sheet1. Too much for my taste but for real wordlerps maybe:
link real wordcrazers.


Uh, hi. That page you 'linked' , Bran. Does it have a homepage in English??
Posted By: dalehileman Re: cacestogenous - 02/15/09 10:28 PM
Perfect type-3 if ever there was
Posted By: Faldage Re: cacestogenous - 02/16/09 12:05 PM
I mentioned it to Jesse Sheidlower over a beer yesterday and he had no comment whatsoever. We did discuss the fact that some seemingly common concepts never seem to be able to get single words that catch on referring to them.
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