apropos of nothing, except a conversation on an other board, OneLook lists 1122 "common" eleven-letter English words.. starting with the letter 'a'!
I am awestricken.
edit: but, to crossthread (1427 c-words), thaumaturgy has eleven(11) letters, along with 628 other t-words.
apropos of nothing
applaudable ( does this one belong to the list? )
sure. applaudable has an OLi = 12.
And 11-11-11 is coming closer.
some spooky things ?
and 9/10/11 (in U.S. reckoning) is just down the week.
Spooky, for the superstitious.
>superstitious..
has thirteen(13!) letters - now *that's spooky!!
I thought I was on ignore.
I can't help myself from checking on your blather, now and then, since it's so easy to click the "Toggle the display of this post."
You are so inconsistent: on ignore, off ignore, on again.
I really get to you don't I?
Blather: takes one to know one. At least I don't feign
intelligence.
>At least I don't feign intelligence.
no; how could you?!
still playing with your toggle button???
'Spooky, for the superstitious.'
If you read this with attention and without haste you might find that superstitious and the word 'survive' are in this same little paragraph. A little superstition is never a waste. More than that, it's a bit of FUN.
(no, I don't mean witch burnings )
superstitious
late 14c., from O.Fr. superstitieux, from L. superstitiosus, from superstitionem (nom. superstitio) "prophecy, soothsaying, excessive fear of the gods," perhaps originally "state of religious exaltation," related to superstes (gen. superstitis) "standing over or above," also "standing by, surviving," from superstare "stand on or over, survive," from super "above" (see super-) + stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). There are many theories for the L. sense development, but none has yet triumphed.
I think of the current fad and fascination with vampires.
TV, Movies,etc. There was so much superstition in earlier
days, giving rise to such creatures. Ancient religions
or the lack of religion, being filled by these superstitions.
A need to be filled, and filled it was.