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UH-OH!


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faculent

(fr. L. fax, torch)
obs. rare
Giving forth light like a torch; bright, clear

compare luculent
(not to be confused with feculent!)

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fax must have wanderbursched off to fakkel and fackel in Germanic languages. = torch

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heres one

Fatiloquent
Fa*til"o*quent\, a. [See Fatiloquist.] Prophetic; fatidical. [Obs.]

Fatiloquist
Fa*til"o*quist\, n. [L. fatiloquus declaring fate; fatum fate+ Loqui to speak.] A fortune teller.

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smile So which is the more prestigious one: the quent or the quist?
What's the difference between loquent and loquist, you lurking latinists?

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Originally Posted By: BranShea
smile So which is the more prestigious one: the quent or the quist?
What's the difference between loquent and loquist, you lurking latinists?


loquent would be an adjective and loquist a noun.

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Which keeps me wondering why a Fatiloquist is not a Holy Prophet, but a cheapy greasy fortune teller. Why is the adjective prophet and the noun profane?

( maybe I'm scripticritic after all )

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>maybe I'm scripticritic after all

or maybe just a criticaster.

:wink

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Welsh?? are you accusing me of welching?! laugh Naw--it just occurred to me that tsuwm rhymes with cwm--well, almost.

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Originally Posted By: Jackie
Welsh?? are you accusing me of welching?! laugh Naw--it just occurred to me that tsuwm rhymes with cwm--well, almost.


where's dat bashing head into brick wall icon? you know the one I mean.

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