from May 17, 2006..

the worthless word for the day is: gravedinous

[ad. L. gravedinosus, fr. gravedo, heaviness]
obs. rare : drowsy, heavy-headed {in Bailey}

this is one of those words that contains the
5 vowels (aeiou) in alphabetical order without
repetition; some that are more(?) common:
facetious, abstemious, arterious, arsenious,
adventitous, abstentious, bacterious, and
tragedious -- the shortest word of this type
seems to be the obs. term aerious (7 letters),
meaning "airy" (if you'd like to include 'y',
you can add -ly to these; e.g., facetiously)

hence, gravedinously, I suppose
8-)

-tsuwm
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(hi Anu!)