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- Sat May 25, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Restive
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2651
Re: Restive
I just learned that stud is also from the same root. Steed, stallion, stand, stay, stud, etc. Not the dainty palfrey, though.
- Sat May 25, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Convivial
- Replies: 4
- Views: 107
Re: Convivial
Still "Coming Soon", so no one to talk to.
- Fri May 24, 2024 5:30 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Convivial
- Replies: 4
- Views: 107
Re: Convivial
I suppose it might be more appropriate to post this under convenient , but as it made me think of this word, I'll put it here. There is a new shop opening in my little city. "Coming soon, Convivence Store!" So, naturally, I tried to make a portmanteau out of that, coming up with a convenie...
- Fri May 24, 2024 9:34 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Parole
- Replies: 2
- Views: 91
Re: Parole
Anyone care to come up with a theory on how a root for bath/bath-house also went along to become pain, anguish, and torture? Ouch!
- Thu May 23, 2024 6:00 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Clamor
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2623
Re: Clamor
."The clamor for gun safety laws is rising fast in America."
Sadly, in space no one hears you scream.
Witness battue.
- Thu May 23, 2024 5:27 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Dozen
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6469
Re: Dozen
That's what I get for assuming I did it right. Fixed now.
- Wed May 22, 2024 8:51 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Oeuvre
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3238
Re: Oeuvre
I've forgotten my high-school French sufficiently to have to ask, is the 'd'oeuvre' of the 'chef' and 'hors' phrases pronounced differently or the same in their home country?
- Wed May 22, 2024 6:05 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Dozen
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6469
Re: For good
I found a discussion of this on a site called wordorigins.org, where someone quotes the OED.
There's also etymonline's blurb on good as a noun.
Hope this is what you were looking for.
There's also etymonline's blurb on good as a noun.
Hope this is what you were looking for.
- Tue May 21, 2024 3:50 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Refractory
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2492
Re: Refractory
High-falutin' definition of food fight: becoming refractory with refections in the refectory.
So high-falutin', refections isn't in my spellchecker. Hmph!
So high-falutin', refections isn't in my spellchecker. Hmph!
- Tue May 21, 2024 6:20 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: War
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6179
Re: War
Well, there goes one card game!War is not a word to play with...
- Tue May 21, 2024 5:58 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Relish
- Replies: 1
- Views: 56
Re: Relish
Disrelish! I like it. I imagine the noun can be negated, too: If I were starving and all there was to eat was relish, I could force myself to eat it, but it would be with disrelish.
Fun crossword puzzle clue: give up a condiment = relinquish relish.
Fun crossword puzzle clue: give up a condiment = relinquish relish.
- Mon May 20, 2024 7:09 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: BAnQ
- Replies: 5
- Views: 152
- Mon May 20, 2024 4:45 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: BAnQ
- Replies: 5
- Views: 152
Re: BAnQ
Do the French capitalize nouns but not adjectives, perhaps?
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- Mon May 20, 2024 2:50 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Cajolery
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3056
Re: Cajolery
Franco-Spanish circus talk: Allez, allez, into the cage, ole!"