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- Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:36 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: legerdemain
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7803
legerdemain
I recently read that "levitate" was associated with "Levi" or "levites"--the Hebrew priestly tribe that carried the Ark of the Covenant. Any truth to this?
- Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:14 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: PICARESQUE
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10228
- Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:01 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: DOGMA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9592
Dogma
I feel ashamed to add this, but it cries out to be heard: "My karma ran over your dogma."
- Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:52 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: epigone
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9246
epigone
Thanks--very interesting. You made me get out my OED, which had a very nice definition: "One of a succeeding generation. Chiefly in pl. the less distinguished successors of a distinguished generation." There is also an obscure second definition used in botany: "The membranous flask or...
- Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:51 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: epigone
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9246
epigone
I keep reading this word in The New Yorker, used in the sense of "inferior imitator". Of course, the writers in The New Yorker do like to obfuscate on occasion.
- Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:43 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: SLOE
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11507
sloe
How are sloe, the fruit, and sloe-eyed conected?
- Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:47 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: DEHISCENT
- Replies: 15
- Views: 29768
Dehiscent
This word and its forms are used extensively in surgery; e.g., "Mrs. Price's wound [surgical incision] has dehisced, so we'll have to take her back to the OR [operating room].[/b]