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- Wed May 18, 2005 3:00 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: seraglio
- Replies: 7
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Re: seraglio
From Italian serraglio : enclosure, padlock, also from Latin serare to lock, from Latin sera a lock or bolt. Above all In Italian it means: "a fenced group of wild animals". And "barricade"; or "buildings of the sultan's residence": we can find this last meaning by the...
- Sat Apr 30, 2005 3:26 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Hudibrastic
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16651
Re: Hudibrastic
I rather like it myself. However, its story isn't very rich and has a rather narrow application. True: I found it in a english translation of Arno Schmidt, Scenes from the Life of a Faun : originally the word was "bramarbasieren", from "Bramarbas", with similar meaning. What abo...
- Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:50 am
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Swedish subjunctive
- Replies: 23
- Views: 49108
- Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:52 am
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Italian Subjunctive
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8111
Italian Subjunctive
I'll try to write down something about it (my apoligies for any error): Subjunctive : it is the mood to express possibility, wish or fear, subjective opinion or doubt, verisimilitude or unreality; it is generally used with verbs expressing dubiousness, personal judgement and affective participation....
- Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:43 am
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Swedish subjunctive
- Replies: 23
- Views: 49108
- Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:20 am
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Swedish subjunctive
- Replies: 23
- Views: 49108
- Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:34 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Hudibrastic
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16651
Hudibrastic
Perhaps many of you already knew this word: but I found it amusingHu·di·bras·tic
Pronunciation: "hyü-d&-'bras-tik
Function: adjective
Etymology: irregular from Hudibras, satirical poem by Samuel Butler died 1680
1 : written in humorous octosyllabic couplets
2 : MOCK-HEROIC