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APHRODITE
PRONUNCIATION: (af-ruh-DEE-zee-ak, -DIZ-ee-ak)
MEANING: noun: Something, such as a food or drug, that increases sexual desire. adjective: Arousing sexual desire.
ETYMOLOGY: After Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty in Greek Mythology. Earliest documented use: 1710. Another word coined after her is hermaphrodite. _________________________________
ACHRODITE - any colorless individual
APHRODATE - an evening out with a goddess
APHORODITE - an ancient scholar given to uttering concise quote-worthy statements
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TITANIC
PRONUNCIATION: (ty-TAN-ik)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Of great power, strength, size, etc. 2. Relating to or made of the element titanium.
ETYMOLOGY: After Titan, any of a family of giant gods in Greek mythology. The element titanium is named after Titans because of its high strength. Earliest documented use: 1628; for sense 2: 1814. Another word coined after the Titans is titanism ___________________________
TRITANIC - containing tritium
TITANTIC - a step above belly-dancing
TISANIC - brewed from plant leaves and stems
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BORASCO
PRONUNCIATION: (buh/boh-RAS-koh)
MEANING: noun: 1. A sudden violent gust of wind, typically accompanied by rain, snow, or sleet. Also known as a squall. 2. A bad spell; something unproductive, especially a mine (the opposite of bonanza).
ETYMOLOGY: The term is also spelled as borasca or borrasca. It’s from Spanish borrasca (squall), from Latin borras (north wind), from Greek borras (boreas), after Boreas, the god of the north wind, in Greek mythology who also gave us boreal and hyperborean. Earliest documented use: 1686. ______________________________________
BORISCO - Russia, Inc.
BORA'S C.E.O. - chief executive officer of half of a Tahitian island
BORASCH - beet soup from central Europe
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VULCANIC
PRONUNCIATION: (vuhl-KAN-ik)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Relating to volcanoes. 2. Fiery; explosive; full of anger, energy, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: After Vulcan, the god of fire and metalworking in Roman mythology. The word vulcanize is also coined after him. Earliest documented use: 1660. The word vulcanic is also spelled as volcanic. ____________________________________
VULCAN - ICK ! - response of someone who finds Spock and his ilk to be repulsive
SULCANIC - full of grooves and furrows
VULPANIC - a stampede of foxes
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GORGONIAN
PRONUNCIATION: (gor-GOH-nee-uhn)
MEANING: adjective: Terrible; repulsive. noun: Any of various corals having a hard, treelike skeleton.
ETYMOLOGY: After Gorgon, any of the three monstrous sisters in Greek mythology, who had snakes for hair: Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa. Earliest documented use: 1616. See also, gorgonize. ___________________________
GORDONIAN - knotty
GOREGONIAN - from the bloody history of the US Northwest
ORGONIAN - like a device constructed of layers of wood and other materials, as tin, claimed by its inventor, Wilhelm Reich, to restore energy to persons sitting in it, thereby aiding in the cure of impotence, cancer, the common cold, etc; first postulated in the 1940s
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ANTRE
PRONUNCIATION: (AN-tuhr)
MEANING: noun: A cave, cavern, cavity, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Middle French antre (cave), from Latin antrum (cave), from Greek antron (cave). Earliest documented use: 1585. _______________________________
ANTARE - a singularly bright star in the night sky, 𝛂-Scorpius
ANTIE - a female protester
AITRE - high-falutin' pronunciation of the French verb "to be"
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REEVE
PRONUNCIATION: (reev)
MEANING: verb tr.: To pass (a rope or the like) through. noun: A local official.
ETYMOLOGY: For verb: Of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1600. For noun: From Old English gerefa (high official). Earliest documented use: before the 12th century. _____________________
PRE-EVE - the night before the night before a holiday
RÈVE - a French dream
PREEVE - slang for "to look at in advance"
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ANTRE
PRONUNCIATION: (AN-tuhr)
MEANING: noun: A cave, cavern, cavity, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Middle French antre (cave), from Latin antrum (cave), from Greek antron (cave). Earliest documented use: 1585. _______________________________
ANTARE - a singularly bright star in the night sky, 𝛂-Scorpius
ANTIE - a female protester
AITRE - high-falutin' pronunciation of the French verb "to be"
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VESTA
PRONUNCIATION: (VES-tuh)
MEANING: noun: A short wooden match.
ETYMOLOGY: After Vesta, the goddess of hearth and household in Roman mythology. Her temple had a fire tended by the vestal virgins. Earliest documented use: 1839. ____________________________
PESTA - an Italian bug
NESTA - what a swarm of pestas lives in
YESTA - 1) with "say," to agree; 2) the day before
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TALPA
PRONUNCIATION: (TAL-puh)
MEANING: noun: 1. A mole (the animal). 2. A cyst.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin talpa (mole). Earliest documented use: 1684. __________________________
TALL P.A. - my Physician's Assistant's height is 2.5 meters
T-ALPHA - where I place my golf ball before driving on the first hole
TOLPA - the fee you pay to drive on the turnpike from Philadelphia to Pittsburg
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