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Postby Grogie » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:53 pm

Playful or silly. Trifling. ''Many little children are desipient.''
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Re: Desipient

Postby sluggo » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:42 pm

Playful or silly. Trifling. ''Many little children are desipient.''
Hey! I resemble that remark! :P
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Postby gailr » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:01 pm

Desipient
\De*sip"i*ent\, a. [L. desipiens, p. pr. of desipere to be foolish; de- + sapere to be wise.] Foolish; silly; trifling. [R.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
I was going to make a joke about "desapient", but...
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Postby Stargzer » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:06 pm

Latin de means "down from," "concerning," or "from."

"Down from wise" would most certainly be "foolish."

Some of the managers I've known in my career were descended from the apes, as in several steps down from apes.

No offense, Mark!
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Re: Desipient

Postby Bailey » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:12 pm

Playful or silly. Trifling. ''Many little children are desipient.''
Hey! I resemble that remark! :P
Yes, you do Slugger and we are so glad of it, well I am anyway.

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Re: Desipient

Postby Perry » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:58 pm

Playful or silly. Trifling. ''Many little children are desipient.''
That's why they drink from desipient cups. :roll:
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Re: Desipient

Postby Stargzer » Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:39 pm

Playful or silly. Trifling. ''Many little children are desipient.''
That's why they drink from desipient cups. :roll:
No, silly, those are sippy-cups!
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Postby sluggo » Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:30 am

Thanks Larry. I had no idea what he was tawkin' about.
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Postby gailr » Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:55 am

That's cause our boys here prefer bottles.

Speaking of which...bartender! Another round of whatever we're all having here...
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Postby sluggo » Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:38 am

Grog all 'round, arrr! :twisted:
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