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SYCOPHANTIC

PRONUNCIATION: (sik/sy-kuh-FAN-tik)

MEANING: adjective: Excessively flattering or fawning, especially in an attempt to win favor or gain advantage.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sycophanta (informer, slanderer), from Greek sykophantes (informer, slanderer), from sykon (fig) + phainein (to show). Earliest documented use: 1698.
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SYSCOPHANTIC - prividing food and catering services to pachyderms

SYCOPHRANTIC - the crazies are getting desperate

MYCOPHANTIC - the yeast organism that causes Babar's athlete's foot

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INDEFATIGABLE

PRONUNCIATION: (in-di-FAT-i-guh-buhl)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Incapable of being tired out.
2. Persistently energetic or tireless, even in the face of challenges.

ETYMOLOGY: From Obsolete French indéfatigable, from Latin indefatigabilis, from in- (not) + de- (away, completely) + fatigare (to wear out). Earliest documented use: 1586.
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IN DEFEAT, I, GABLE... - the first few words of movie star Clark's concession speech

FIND "FATIGABLE" - Look in the dictionary bewteen "fascinating" and "faucet;" and don't be surprised if you find yourself getting tired.

IN DE FAT I GARBLE - if you give me too much lard I get mixed up

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EARWITNESS

PRONUNCIATION: (EER-wit-nis)

MEANING: noun: One who testifies or can testify to something heard.

ETYMOLOGY: From ear, from Old English eara + witness, from Old English witnes. Earliest documented use: 1539.
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BEARWITNESS - The person who testified for the Plaintiff when the little girl was on trial for all the bad things she did in the Three Bears' house.

HEARWITNESS - what a Trial Court does

EARFITNESS - healthy hearing

EARWIGNESS - being like a Pincher Bug

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DIACHRONIC

PRONUNCIATION: (dy-uh-KRON-ik)

MEANING: adjective: Relating to changes occurring over time.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek dia- (across) + khronos (time). Earliest documented use: 1857.
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DICHRONIC - two-timing

DIAL "CHRONIC" - my phone number is 247-6642

DITCH, RON? ICK - No, Co-Pilot, the thought of abandoning the plane is repugnant

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CONSANGUINITY

PRONUNCIATION: (kon-sang-GWIN-i-tee)

MEANING: noun:
1. A relationship by blood or by a common ancestor.
2. A close connection or kinship.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin consanguineus, from con- (with) + sanguis (blood). Earliest documented use: 1380.
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ICON-SANGUINITY - bloody idol-worship

CON-SANG-UNITY - the Alcatraz Chorus preached cooperation

CON-PANGUINITY - very negative for a flightless black-and-white seabird who stands upright on short legs

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PLEBIAN

PRONUNCIATION: (pluh-BEE-uhn)

MEANING: adjective: 1. Belonging to or relating to the common people.
2. Relating to or characteristic of lower social classes.
3. Common; vulgar.
noun: 1. A commoner.
2. A member of the lower social class.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin plebeius (of the common people), from plebs (common people). Earliest documented use: 1533.
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PLEBIANI - the latest Italian tenor sensation

PRE-BIAN - before there was carbon-based life

PLEA-BIAN - constantly begging

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ALLOPATRIC

PRONUNCIATION: (al-uh-PAT/PAYT-rik)

MEANING: adjective: Existing or occurring in geographically distinct areas.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek allo- (other) + patra (homeland), from pater (father). Earliest documented use: 1942.
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'ALLO, PATRICK - a Frenchman greets an Irishman

ALTO-PATRIC - my father had an unusually high voice

ALLOPATHIC - referring to traditional Western medicine (that one's real; YCLIU)

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DISCHRONIC - timeless

DIACONIC - conic section, e.g. ellipse, parabola

DIANOMIC - Double, double toil and trouble

DIAGONIC - (pronounced dia-GON-ic) - 'woke' term for diagonal (students complained that 'diagonal' sounds too much like 'agony')

DIIRONIC - doubly ironic, e.g. 'a thin lot of good' instead of 'a fat lot of good'

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BEACON

PRONUNCIATION: (BEE-kuhn)

MEANING: noun: 1. Something that provides a guiding or warning signal, such as a lighthouse.
2. Someone or something that illuminates, inspires, or guides.
verb tr.: 1. To serve as a beacon.
2. To furnish with a beacon, such as outfitting a ship to mark shoals.
verb intr.: To emit a signal like a beacon.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old English beacen (sign, signal). The word beckon is a cousin. Earliest documented use: before 1150.
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BEECON - annual meeting of the Society of Apiarists

BETACON - not quite at the top of the heap in the penitentiary

BE AN ON - represent a social obligation to a Samurai or other honorable person

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PSYCHORANTIC - extreme style of oratory

SYCOPATHIC - addicted to figs

CYCLOPHANTIC - making the sign of a circle between the thumb and a finger, e.g. to signify zero

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