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Page 90 of 100 < 1 2 ... 88 89 90 91 92 ... 99 100 > Go to page... Topic Options #214219 - 02/17/14 09:28 PM Re: Monday's Word ESCUTCHEON [Re: jenny jenny] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6789 Loc: Worcester, MA ESCUTCHEON PRONUNCIATION:(i-SKUCH-uhn) MEANING: noun: 1. An ornamental or protective plate surrounding a keyhole, light switch, door handle, etc. 2. Used in the phrase: blot on one's escutcheon (a stain on one's reputation). 3. A shield or shield-shaped surface bearing a coat of arms. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin scutum (shield). Earliest documented use: 1480. ---------------------------- ESCUTCHEWON - Province of Canada, third from the left; capital: Regina; major city: Saskatoon Top #214223 - 02/18/14 04:45 AM Re: Monday's Word ESCUTCHEON [Re: wofahulicodoc] Tromboniator old hand Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 954 Loc: Alaska Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc major city: Saskatoon Escutchoon, I'd have thought. Top #214224 - 02/18/14 06:48 AM Re: Tuesday's Word CRURAL [Re: Tromboniator] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6789 Loc: Worcester, MA Quote: Quote: major city: Saskatoon Escutchoon, I'd have thought. Good thought! -------------------------- CRURAL PRONUNCIATION: (KROOR-uhl) MEANING: adjective: Relating to the leg. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin crus (leg). Earliest documented use: 1599. --------------------------- CURAL - a panacea Top #214226 - 02/18/14 12:06 PM Re: Tuesday's Word CRURAL [Re: wofahulicodoc] Tromboniator old hand Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 954 Loc: Alaska CRURAT – A small rodent that lives under the coxwain's seat or, some may say, on it. Top #214227 - 02/18/14 12:18 PM Re: Tuesday's Word CRURAL [Re: wofahulicodoc] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi CRUALL (kru all)- the word construct of Souteastern US rurals when referring to more than one leg. Top #214238 - 02/19/14 02:05 PM Wednesday's Word ACEDIA [Re: jenny jenny] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6789 Loc: Worcester, MA ACEDIA PRONUNCIATION: (uh-SEE-dee-uh) MEANING: noun: Apathy; boredom; sloth. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin acedia, from Greek akedia, from a- (not) + kedos (care). Earliest documented use: 1607. ------------------------------------ ACEDINA - city in California, just north of Los Angeles, home of the Ose Bowl ACENIA - I observed you in Brooklyn ACNEDIA - a skin eruption confined to the patella; goes away after 24 hours Top #214239 - 02/19/14 10:20 PM Re: Wednesday's Word ACEDIA [Re: wofahulicodoc] Tromboniator old hand Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 954 Loc: Alaska APEDIA – A massive online resource containing no information. Top #214243 - 02/20/14 12:06 PM Oh Brave New World, that has such people in it... [Re: Tromboniator] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6789 Loc: Worcester, MA APEDIA is already upon us: A specialist is someone who knows more and more about less and less until at last he knows absolutely everything there is to know about nothing at all. ("I'm not making this up, you know." -- Anna Russell) Top #214245 - 02/20/14 12:11 PM Re: Wednesday's Word ACEDIA [Re: Tromboniator] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8432 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Good one Peter, I run into that frequently. (My quote button is not working today) _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #214246 - 02/20/14 12:26 PM Thursday's Word DECANT [Re: Tromboniator] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6789 Loc: Worcester, MA DECANT PRONUNCIATION: (di-KANT) MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To pour, especially in a manner that the sediment is left behind. 2. To rehouse people while their buildings are being rebuilt or refurbished. ETYMOLOGY: From French décanter (to settle or to clarify), from Latin decanthare, from de- (from) + canthus (spout, rim). Earliest documented use: 1633. -------------------------------------- DEKANT - to engage in Revisionism by systematically eliminating all mention of the Categorical Imperative and Dialectical Materialism from textbooks of Philosophy Top Page 90 of 100 < 1 2 ... 88 89 90 91 92 ... 99 100 > Go to page... Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. 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