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- Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:46 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Inosculate
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7282
Re: Inosculate
The problem here is that there are two different in- prefixes, and they aren't even related. So there's in- 'not', and in- 'in'. The first comes from 'ne-' (as in indomitable ), the second from 'en-' (as in today's GW enteric . The Online Etymology Dictionary has a nice write up on these for further...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:52 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Impervious
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2700
Re: Impervious
In case anyone out there is wondering, yes, imperious has been treated by the Good Doctor. Here ye be.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:50 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Imperious
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5169
Re: Imperious
Being more or less impervious to the imperious, I tend to look down on them for their "superior" airs.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:44 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Equable
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2387
Re: Equable
I'd say an equable person demonstrates a decent level of equanimity, no?
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:38 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Leprechaun
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2475
Re: Leprechaun
Happy St. Patrick's Day to all and sundry!
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:32 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Irish Names
- Replies: 1
- Views: 64
Irish Names
In keeping with articles related to Ireland for St, Patrick's Day, CNN has a piece on how to pronounce Irish names:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/irish-names- ... index.html
Personally, I'd prefer using more phonetic spellings when they're in English for English speakers. But that's me.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/irish-names- ... index.html
Personally, I'd prefer using more phonetic spellings when they're in English for English speakers. But that's me.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:19 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Compeer
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2799
Re: Compeer
I get why definition 2 is actually the more likely usage these days. A jury of one's peers is one thing. A jury of one's compeers would be an easy acquittal.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:41 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Fishwife
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2475
Re: Fishwife
I didn't curse like a fishwife after doing so, but I ended up choosing the wrong word of two possibles for my last guess in Wordle today.
Bummer.
Bummer.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:06 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Pert
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2970
Re: Pert
With all those relatives, it's probably no surprise that this word is also related to Wehrmacht! Wild.
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:55 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Glossolalia
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5167
Re: Glossolalia
Given that languages are spoken of as tongues, some even using their word for tongue to mean language, don't we all speak in tongues?
Which makes me wonder about sign language. There's no 'langue' in that, so should we come up with a different word?
Which makes me wonder about sign language. There's no 'langue' in that, so should we come up with a different word?
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:04 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Repudiate
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2715
Re: Repudiate
Some years ago a certain politician in the US caught a great deal of flak over her use of the word 'refudiate'. I say, while it hasn't become accepted in general usage, it's still and all a great portmanteau that carries the meanings of both its parts. The Oxford American dictionary even declared it...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:49 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Prone
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2625
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:25 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Hypocorism
- Replies: 3
- Views: 108
Re: Hypocorism
Given the definition and the root word definitions, I'd say hypocorisms should be affectionate or endearing. Caressing is not usually considered hostile.
What's a cobber anyway?
What's a cobber anyway?
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:58 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Deodorant
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3144
Re: Deodorant
Odor does seem almost exclusively to mean something unpleasant, with aroma serving in the pleasant scents.
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:48 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Gossip
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5182
Re: Gossip
I have no tea to spill, so I'll just refer the curious to the Good Doctor's Agora treatment of Sibling.
Question for any British readers out there, though: do you still use gossip as in the 3rd definition?
Question for any British readers out there, though: do you still use gossip as in the 3rd definition?