|
|
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 5,295
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 5,295 |
>seriously, have you tried getting online access to OED through a library where you have borrowing privileges?
Serious answer. The main Public Library's computers only give access to the two main Dutch dictionaries, Merriam Webster and the Encyclopedia Britannica. Many books are not available in English. I'm sure though I can live out my life well with 166 words less.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 155
member
|
|
member
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 155 |
From Giraffa camelopardalis? I had to look it up, not having many scientific names memorized.
“leopardous” might describe the behaviors of the latest Mac OS, Leopard, which I can't say much about, still enraptored in in the clutches of Tiger as I am.
Last edited by morphememedley; 05/19/08 04:39 AM. Reason: I can't find authority to expand “raptor” beyond birds of prey and certain carnivorous dinosaurs.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,067
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,067 |
From amphipodous to vanadous ( link) and back again. Does it perchance contain a word that could describe many threads, namely canardous?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
interestingly, neither OED nor OneLook record any inflections for canard(s) [Fr.; lit. ‘duck’], at all.
(I might have expected canardine as well; both of these can be found [rarely] in French.)
-joe (full of canards, then?) friday
edit: but perhaps the -s form in French is just the plural of canardou?
Last edited by tsuwm; 05/19/08 01:19 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,290
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,290 |
canardou?
Nope, that should be canardoux.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
so, is canardous 'ducklike', then? or am I just being led astray by Google's Book Search?
-joe (faux-naïf) friday
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210 |
O Canardoux!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee
formerly known as etaoin...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 5,295
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 5,295 |
Canada named after a duck?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,290
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,290 |
is canardous 'ducklike', then?
I thought canardous was a near synonym for obfuscatory.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 557
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 557 |
From Giraffa camelopardalis? Also a constellation Camelopardalis aka Camelopardis. There used to be a Saturday morning live-action sci-fi show ( Space Academy )where one of the characters constantly exclaimed "Camelopardis!".
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,351
Members9,182
| |
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
|
0 members (),
775
guests, and
0
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
