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Another nutty spelling bee word. I found it used in two places, but not with a definition.
group phonaesthesia into
three manifestations of the phenomenon, two simple and one complex: alliterative
phonaesthemes, homeoteleutic phonaesthemes (usually ...
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Hirtellous = minutely hairy.
Ok.
Hirsute = magnificently hairy?
Esau was an hairy man. But hirtellous Esau or hirsute Esau?
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aThe only place I found "hirtellous" was in a glossary of botanical terms.
As far as Esau is concerned, I'd stick with the Biblical words. The psychological
reactions to hair are certainly peculiar. Why do I wish I had more on my scalp,
and less elsewhere? One patient I had a long time ago could not shave without
cumulative dermatology problems. So he used to spread a horrid smelling paste
of barium sulfide on his beard area, wait half an hour, and the hair would be so
soft, he could take it off with a table knife. But I'd rather do that than have a
beard. Incidentally, beards had to go, because soldiers got lice, and the brass
had to abolish beards and long hair. And the Gillette razor made it easy.
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Another nutty spelling bee word. I found it used in two places, but not with a definition
From Luciferous Logolepsy (http://www.kokogiak.com/logolepsy/ow_h.html#homoeoteleutic)
homoeoteleutic
adj. - having same or similar endings. homoeoteleuton, n. use of such words in close proximity.
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Well, this is rather curious.
I wondered whether you might have misspelled hodiernal--you hadn't--by first checking out the spelling of diurnal and then looking for hodiurnal. No hodiurnal. But There was hodiernal.
So I wonder. I would expect diurnal to have been the parent term, but maybe not? Why the spelling change between diur and dier? I can vaguely recall one of Britten's songs from "A Ceremony of Carols" and the word hodie used in one of the carols. Any connection?
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Dear WW: Ever listen to Dies Irae?
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Oh, thanks, wwh, for bringing "Dies Irae" to my attention. I get your point.
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