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- Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:33 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: CURMUDGEON
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5825
- Sun Jun 20, 2010 3:18 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: purport
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7493
- Sun Jun 20, 2010 3:16 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Fascinate
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3625
- Sat Jun 19, 2010 4:42 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: fastener
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4885
- Sat Jun 19, 2010 4:38 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Lectotype
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4781
From the nether-regions of the Internet: There are many terms used to describe other example specimens of a species called biological types: • Paratype, A biological specimen other than the holotype used for the development of the original description. • Isotype, A duplicate specimen of the holotype...
- Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:16 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: VAGITUS
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4302
- Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:13 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: PREROGATIVE
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3629
- Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:59 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: CLOY
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5021
- Tue Jun 01, 2010 1:56 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Zeugma
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5534
- Tue Jun 01, 2010 1:26 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Aphesis
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3572
aphetic 1880, from aphesis , coined by OED editor Sir James A.H. Murray (1837-1915) for "gradual and unintentional loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word" (as squire from esquire ), from Gk. aphienai "to let go, to send forth," from apo - "from" + hienai "to send." It is a sham...
- Thu May 20, 2010 12:49 pm
- Forum: WELCOME HOME!
- Topic: Latin's descendants
- Replies: 115
- Views: 132894
- Thu May 20, 2010 12:29 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: FREELANCE
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6120
- Thu May 20, 2010 11:21 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: FREELANCE
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6120
FREELANCE
I suggest 'freelance' as an interesting WoTD. I became re-interested in this word through an advertisement for a website that outsources professionals, called elance.com... The website name made me think of some medical site rather than a 'find work' website, but after I realized what they were goin...
- Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:55 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: KILTER
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3532
- Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:50 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: LOGORRHEA
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8282
Re: Double Rs
Initially, I'd say this is a quirk of Greek compound words.It might have been just for looks: that is how rime became rhyme, just to look more Greek and worthy of being used in the same sentence as rhythm.
But why the Rs are doubled, I've never heard or read.