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Posted By: wwh gnathonic - 03/22/04 04:47 PM
Hey, Grapho! does this apply to you?
Date: Tue Dec 5 00:01:11 EST 2000
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--gnathonic

gnathonic (na-THON-ik) adjective

Sycophantic; fawning.

[From Latin gnathonicus, derivative of Gnathon- (stem of Gnatho) name of a sycophantic character in the Roman comedy Eunuchus by Terence.]



Posted By: jheem Re: gnathonic - 03/23/04 04:37 AM
Thank you, Bill, I haven't laughed so hard since the last millennium. A touch, I do declare. [fanning hisself]

Posted By: consuelo Re: gnathonic - 03/23/04 11:11 AM
Made me grin, it did! Lucky I wasn't sipping my coffee as I read it...

Posted By: AnnaStrophic Re: gnathonic - 03/23/04 02:24 PM
Lucky I wasn't sipping my coffee as I read it...

I wasn't so lucky! That's hilarious, Dr Bill...

Posted By: Wordwind Re: gnathonic - 09/11/04 02:14 PM
There is a helluva lot of coffee sipped around this place and a helluva lot of it is spewed out. Bunch of gargoyles. (cross-thread ref. from this morning's looking around below the equator.)

Posted By: Zed Re: gnathonic - 09/13/04 11:08 PM
Zing!

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