I think you mean "impassable".

("Impassible" was featured as a Good Word last year.)

According to Wikipedia, three-syllable rhymes such as amorous and glamorous are called dactylic . Then there are four-syllable rhymes such as pleasurable and measurable . In British English, 'veterinary' is stressed only on the first syllable (not the first and fourth as in American English). So we ...

I believe the French do not use "encore" in this sense. Instead they say "bis" (Latin for "twice").

What a surprise! You’re right. It’s a similar construction, but not at all the same thing. Now, maybe I can learn a new word which applies to my erroneous examples!

Antanaclasis?

anorak

1. A waterproof and windproof jacket, usually with a hood, designed to be worn in cold weather; a parka.

2. (Informal, UK) An unsociable person with an obsessively detailed interest in some hobby.

From Inuit (Greenlandic? Canadian?)

Actually there are two different Latin verbs iacere, one (with a short first E) meaning 'to throw', and the other (with a long first E) meaning 'to lie (in a position)'. Wiktionary suggests that the two verbs are related, in that 'lie' has the idea of 'be thrown down'.

Can I suggest then, that although innoculate with two n's is regarded as an incorrect spelling, it is much more likely to be the original spelling than the one n version? But the horticultural meaning seems to be older than the medical one: http://etymonline.com/word/inoculation So there would be n...

Say good-bye to meat!

Etymonline describes that as folk etymology.

http://etymonline.com/word/carnival

basset This word has the general sense of 'low' (compare bass ). A basset hound is 'low' in the sense that it has short legs. A basset clarinet and a basset horn (not really a horn) are relatively low-pitched members of the clarinet family. But not as low as the bass clarinet, so 'basset' is a kind...

ulterior

Hidden, unrevealed; existing beyond what is evident.

Usually followed by 'motive' or, less commonly, 'purpose'.

compliment

We have just had complement as a Good Word. I suggest also compliment, to compare the etymology of the two words.

4. (Grammar) The phrase following a verb that completes a verb phrase, e.g. "to jump up and down" in the sentence, "I like to jump up and down." It can also refer to a subject complement (e.g. "This looks a nice place ") or an object complement (e.g. "They called ...

Another common redundancy is tree, e.g. oak tree, fir tree. (German likewise can suffix baum to the type of tree.)

Also -time, e.g. in (the) springtime.

See the Wiktionary entry for velum:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/velum#Latin

The 'x' comes from Proto-Italic wekslom.

Wiktionary gives the verb sublime as a synonym of sublimate . And here is what it says about sublimate : http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sublimate#Verb According to this, it can be used either transitively or intransitively to refer to a solid-to-gas change. The 'purification' meaning (which would be...