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Hippophagy is not in my dictionary, but obviously means "eating horse meat". I can remember
when the French were thought peculiar (among other things not suitable for mention) for
eating not only frogs' legs, but horsemeat. I'm sure the availability of horsemeat is now small.
"Hippophagy (the eating of horsemeat) may seem unusual or abhorrent to many Australian horse
lovers but its origins may be found in the mists of time. Horsemeat has been on the human menu
since the Palaeolithic era. Prehistoric Eurasian tribes initially regarded horses as game animals and
then herded them for meat. Later the horse assumed its historic role in the progress of mankind
and thus became an object of reverence for some nomadic pastoralist cultures. These people ate
horseflesh at religious ceremonies and funeral feasts and buried their dead with horse and
saddlery to ease the journey into the next world. "
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hipshot
adj.
1 having the hip dislocated
2 having one hip lower than the other
This term used to be used in orthopedics for people who characterically stood with one iliac
crest further forward than the other, with tendency to spinal curvature.
It was also slang in Western oaters (low quality cowboy stories) for gunfighter who fired
his pistol the instant it cleared the holster.
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Botanical term, minutely hairy.
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hispid
Minutely hairy; furry (often referring to chaetae)
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histogen
n.
5HISTO3 + 3GEN6 Bot. a group of cells that gives rise to new tissue, such as cambium, cork cambium, etc.
his#to[gen$ic 73jen4ik8
adj.
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Where does histoplasmosis come from?
Histo is a fungus that lives in soil, especially moist soil that has been enriched with organic
material such as wild bird droppings or poultry house litter. Histo does not infect birds nor
is it found in their droppings, but may be found in bat droppings. When composted, bird and
bat droppings do provide conditions that allow histo to multiply. Histo is found throughout
the world including the United States, and especially the Ohio River valley.
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A repeat, because so easily forgotten. "pertaining to today"
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holishkes [hoh-LIHSH-kuhs]
Originating in eastern Europe, this Jewish dish consists of
cabbage leaves stuffed with a mixture of ground beef, onion,
eggs and seasonings. The cabbage rolls are baked and served
with a SWEET-AND-SOUR sauce. Holishkes are traditional at
Sukkot, the fall harvest festival, where they're considered a
symbol of plenty. They're also called praches .
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holluschickie - Apparently used only in Rudyard Kipling Jungle Bppk, "The White Seal".
Appears to mean a yong seal, a juvenile, not yet adult. Perhaps and Inuit word.
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holophrastic
SYLLABICATION:
hol·o·phras·tic
PRONUNCIATION:
hl-frstk, hl-
ADJECTIVE:
1. Polysynthetic. 2. Of or relating to the stage of child language development
characterized by the use of single-word utterances.
ETYMOLOGY:
holo– + Greek phrastikos, expressive (from -phrastos, speakable, thought of,
from phrazein, to show; see gwhren- in Appendix I).
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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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In reply to:
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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