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#211356 - 06/10/13 05:26 PM monday Monday MONDAY [Re: jenny jenny]
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PRONUNCIATION:
(kuh-NOR-uhs, KAN-uhr-uhs)
MEANING:
adjective: Melodious; musical.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin canere (to sing). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kan- (to sing) which also gave us hen, canto, cantor, recant, accent, chant, enchant, and incentive. Earliest documented use: 1646.
USAGE:
"The canorous sounds ... provided a cheery moment."
Corrie Perkin; Off to an Opening in Earnest; The Australian (Sydney); Oct 13, 2008.
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CANOROUS
add e
canoerous - the melodic sound made by a babbling brook just before a hundred foot waterfall
#211361 - 06/10/13 09:58 PM Joined: Aug 2001
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CANOMOUS - a new brand of tinned cat food
CANTOROUS - inclined to sing Klezmer music
MANOROUS - polite
CANOROLUS - a mixed-up Beethoven overture
CANOVOUS - a precarious tryst in a small unstable watercraft (See also "canoerous," above)
[P.S. Does "precarious" mean "eating too much sugar candy"? Only your dentist knows for sure...]
#211362 - 06/11/13 12:44 AM Joined: Jun 2008
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#211369 - 06/11/13 09:02 PM Joined: Aug 2001
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PRONUNCIATION: (pro-ZAY-ik)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Dull; unimaginative.
2. Everyday; straightforward; ordinary.
3. Having the character of prose as compared to the feeling of poetry.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin prosa (prose), from prosa oratio (straightforward speech), from provertere (to turn forward). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wer- (to turn or bend), also the source of wring, weird, writhe, revert, universe, wroth, verso, conversazione, versicolor, and animadvert. Earliest documented use: 1589.
PYROSAIC - full of inflammatory language
#211371 - 06/11/13 10:51 PM Joined: Jun 2008
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to get the fans to notice.
----please, draw me a sheep----
#211374 - 06/12/13 01:56 AM Joined: Aug 2001
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Before we get too far afield - recall the original challenge:
"...take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition..."
Now I grant you that Roolz are meant to be broken, but not wildly, and preferably not all the time...
#211375 - 06/12/13 02:41 AM Joined: Jun 2008
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I don't recall the 'roolz' for the latter, but will adhere
to it, if that be so. I understand the anagrams has those
'roolz', and that does not imply two words nor hyphens.
----please, draw me a sheep----
#211376 - 06/12/13 10:58 AM Joined: Aug 2001
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Take a look at the first post in this thread , [if I did that right].
We modify them as we like when it suits our purpose, of course, but this was our starting point.
#211377 - 06/12/13 12:42 PM Joined: Jun 2010
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PROSAID - the act of agreeing with a stinkin' roolz put before the board.
#211381 - 06/12/13 03:53 PM Joined: Jun 2008
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periodically, and if something clicks with just one letter
I may post it. Don't want to mess it up for you all.
Last edited by LukeJavan8; 06/12/13 03:58 PM.
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