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ESCUTCHEONPRONUNCIATION:(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
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Escutchoon, I'd have thought.
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Escutchoon, I'd have thought. Good thought! -------------------------- CRURALPRONUNCIATION: (KROOR-uhl) MEANING: adjective: Relating to the leg. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin crus (leg). Earliest documented use: 1599. --------------------------- CURAL - a panacea
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CRURAT – A small rodent that lives under the coxwain's seat or, some may say, on it.
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CRUALL (kru all)- the word construct of Souteastern US rurals when referring to more than one leg.
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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.
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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
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APEDIA – A massive online resource containing no information.
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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)
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Good one Peter, I run into that frequently.
(My quote button is not working today)
----please, draw me a sheep----
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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.
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DEKANT - to engage in Revisionism by systematically eliminating all mention of the Categorical Imperative and Dialectical Materialism from textbooks of Philosophy
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