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- Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:23 pm
- Forum: Suggestions
- Topic: List of Eponyms
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11
List of Eponyms
I have been looking at Dr. Goodword's alphabetical list of eponyms , and I have the following suggestions for corrections and additional dates. I have underlined these. Ampere - [garbled text in RH column] Bacitracin - Margaret Tracy (1936- 1994 ) Borrelia - [garbled text in RH column] Boysenberry -...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:01 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Neuter
- Replies: 1
- Views: 47
Re: Neuter
I wondered about this too. See my 'Grammatical gender' thread of August 2022 in the Languages of the World forum, where it was discussed.
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:46 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Chrysalis
- Replies: 0
- Views: 15
Chrysalis
chrysalis
The pupa of a butterfly or moth, or the pupa's casing. (Plural: chrysalises or chrysalides.)
From Latin and Greek.
The pupa of a butterfly or moth, or the pupa's casing. (Plural: chrysalises or chrysalides.)
From Latin and Greek.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:15 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Relevant
- Replies: 3
- Views: 121
Re: Relevant
Is this a misspelling of a misspelling?and misspelled revlnt.
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:02 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Palindrome
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3081
Re: Palindrome
A palindromic phrase could be called a wordrow.Palindrome obviously needs a synonym that in itself is palindromic!
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:43 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Relevant
- Replies: 0
- Views: 135
Relevant
relevant
From French relevant, 'helpful', originally 'lightening', from Latin relevare, to lighten. Related to relieve.
From French relevant, 'helpful', originally 'lightening', from Latin relevare, to lighten. Related to relieve.
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:30 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Glossolalia
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5517
Re: Glossolalia
Speaking in an actual language, presumably unknown to the speaker, can be called either xenolalia or xenoglossia . Or xenoglossy , which has been featured as a Good Word. Regarding sign language, there is semiotics , which is the study of 'signs' in a broad sense, though not specifically sign langu...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:55 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Strapping
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1231
Re: Strapping
Whacking, riveting, stonking, blistering...Whopping, spanking (1660s), bouncing (1570s), cracking, thumping (1570s), ripping, smashing. I wonder how many more are hiding out there. Anyone with a penchant for lists care to jump in?
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:30 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Aberrant
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3338
Re: Aberrant
Me too. Never heard it pronounced with the accent on the first syllable. Maybe it's a US/UK difference./ pronounce it the old fashioned way.
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:38 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: AA Meeting
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1767
Re: AA Meeting
According to Wiktionary, the singular is either cannolo (Italian) or cannolu (Sicilian).https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=cannolifrom Italian cannoli, plural of cannola, literally "small tube,"
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:40 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Poem: A World of Woe
- Replies: 0
- Views: 351
Poem: A World of Woe
A World of Woe I looked at the papers on Monday And saw they were full of bad news. There was chaos and carnage in Gaza And strife between Muslims and Jews. I read of Hamas and Hezbollah, Of Houthis attacking our ships, Of Lebanon, Egypt and Yemen, And autocrats licking their lips. I looked at the ...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:24 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Prestige
- Replies: 1
- Views: 384
Prestige
prestige
From Latin via French.
It originally meant an illusion, then an illusion of excellence, and finally a reputation for (genuine) excellence.
From Latin via French.
It originally meant an illusion, then an illusion of excellence, and finally a reputation for (genuine) excellence.
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:31 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: AA Meeting
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1767
Re: AA Meeting
In the UK at least, these are still the only correct singular forms. The use of criteria as singular is a common error, but an error nonetheless.Alga, bacterium, and criterion have all become fossils, if you will.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:18 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: AA Meeting
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1767
Re: AA Meeting
cow > kine?. . . what common noun has
a plural (archaic) with which it
shares no letters?
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:06 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Heroin
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3121
Re: Heroin
Speaking of pronunciation, I'd quibble with the pronunciation given here. I don't think the 'r' should be repeated: her -o-win. The British pronunciation is more like " her -o-in". Listening to the US pronunciation provided, I note that the 'o' is virtually a schwa, necessitating a slight...