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A FORTIORI
PRONUNCIATION: (ah fort-tee-OR-ee, ay-for-shee-OR-eye)
MEANING: adverb: For an even stronger reason; even more so.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin, literally, from the stronger. Earliest documented use: 1569.
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A. FORTISORI - coming from the pen of a former Supreme Court Justice
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VERILY
PRONUNCIATION: (VER-uh-lee)
MEANING: adverb: In truth, indeed, truly, certainly.
ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English verraily, from verrai/verray (very), from Old French verai (true), from vulgar Latin veracus, from Latin verax (truthful). Earliest documented use: 1303.
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VEERILY - how a drunk drives
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PERCHANCE
PRONUNCIATION: (puhr-CHANS)
MEANING: adverb: Perhaps; maybe.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French par cheance (by chance), from Latin per (by, through) + cadentia (fall), from cadere (to fall). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kad- (to fall), which is also the source of cadence, cascade, casualty, cadaver, chance, chute, accident, occident, decay, recidivism, and casuistry. Earliest documented use: 1350.
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PURCHANCE - buying power
PEERCHANCE - the American jury system
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Purrchance- ambiguous message from your cat.
Pierchance- "To take a walk and forget where you started from." (A walking cliché that ends with a preposition.)
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Hi, May, and welcome! To all - forgive my sloppily typed heading - it's supposed to be "PERCH-ANCE: tendency to roost" (that means "My face is red")
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Thank you. Mayhappenstance // I was curious, yet didn't make the connection.(Chanticleer, ;)) Best wishes
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LIEF
PRONUNCIATION: (leef)
MEANING: adverb: Willingly; gladly; readily. adjective: 1. Dear, beloved. 2. Willing.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English leof (dear). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leubh- (to love or to care), which also gave us love, belief, and leave (permission). Earliest documented use: 897.
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IIEF - Institute of Industrial Electronics Engineering [IIEE], The Next Generation
LIEA - my dyslexic Star Wars heroine (not to be confused with my dyslexic spouse, or WIEF)
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FISSIPAROUS
PRONUNCIATION: (fi-SIP-uh-ruhs)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Tending to break into parts. 2. Reproducing by biological fission.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin fissi- (cleft) + -parous (bearing, producing). Earliest documented use: 1835. _______________________________________
MISSIPAROUS - giving rise to a great river
FISHIPAROUS - Latin for "icthyogenetic"
FISSIPOROUS - full of cracks, and water goes right through it, too
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TELEOLOGY
PRONUNCIATION: (tel-ee-OL-uh-jee)
MEANING: noun: 1. The belief or the study of design or purpose in nature. 2. Such design or purpose.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek tele- (far, end) + -logy (study). Earliest documented use: 1742. ________________________________________
TEEOLOGY - (golf) how to pick just the right ball support for your drive
TELEPOLOGY - an expression of regret offered after you're far enough away to escape retaliation
TELEOLOGE - the nosebleed seats in a truly gigantic theater
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XEROPHILOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (zee-ROF-uh-luhs)
MEANING: adjective: Adapted to a very dry or desert environment.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek xero- (dry) + -philous (liking). Earliest documented use: 1863.
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XEROPILOUS - having dry hair
NEROPHILOUS - fond of overweight, precise, word-loving detectives
ZEROPHILOUS - doesn't like anything
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