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- Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:32 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Turf
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4970
Turf
-noun: range of jurisdiction or influence -noun: the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own -noun: surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots -noun: cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots From onelook.com O.E. turf, tyrf "slab of soil a...
- Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:30 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Mocha
- Replies: 25
- Views: 38990
Thanks for the explanation. And yes, my quote is from the Rubaiyat. Though this verse is not in Edward Fitzegerald's translation, I have an arabic translation by Ahmed As-Safi this verse was from, note that the arabic trnaslation have 351 rubaiya, while Fitzegerald's has 101. An I think there is mor...
- Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:01 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Mocha
- Replies: 25
- Views: 38990
- Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:26 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Mocha
- Replies: 25
- Views: 38990
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:59 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Mocha
- Replies: 25
- Views: 38990
- Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:55 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Mocha
- Replies: 25
- Views: 38990
- Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:29 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: ALBEIT (again)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6944
I don't think there is a problem with this use, since it follow the same structure of the original word (Awl-be-it, Awl-be-I). Although it will be most certainly weird as a start but if it was used in an academic research for an example, it would be bound to be used but scholars and others academic,...
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:12 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Mocha
- Replies: 25
- Views: 38990
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:12 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Bask
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5475
Bask
From online Etymology: bask 1393, basken "to wallow (in blood)," from O.N. baðask reflex. of baða "bathe" (see bathe). Modern meaning "soak up a flood of warmth" is apparently due to Shakespeare's use of the word in reference to sunshine in "As You Like It" (1...
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:56 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Mocha
- Replies: 25
- Views: 38990
- Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:39 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Bulwark
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4647
Bulwark
From onelook.com: - noun: a fence-like structure around a deck - noun: an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes - noun: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away - verb: defend with a bulwark Etymology from et...
- Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:17 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Words Derived From Names
- Replies: 23
- Views: 54694
- Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:51 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Ambivalence
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9492
- Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:32 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Ambivalence
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9492
Ambivalence
Ambivalence: the coexistence in one person's mind of opposing feelings. from Ger. Ambivalenz, coined 1910 by Ger. psychologist Eugen Bleuler (on model of equivalence, etc.) from L. ambi- "both" + valentia "strength," from prp. of valere "be strong" (see valiant). From e...
- Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:22 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Psithurism
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10760