interesting words

[Bailey]

- mark left on the table by a moist glass - CULACINO
[Italian origin]

- to remodel or restore an old building without proper grounding or knowledge of its authentic character or without exercising care to remain faithful to its original quality and uniqueness - GRIMTHORPE (This one comes from Edmund Beckett, Baron Grimthorpe who, in the 1850s, rebuilt the cathedral at St Albans at his own expense ... sadly, he added his own touches that people felt were out of character with the building's history and so gave his name to a new verb.)

- kind of madness in which people fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal - CYNANTHROPY (Don't ask ...)

- the itchiness of the upper lip just before taking a sip of whiskey - SGRIOB (And who else but the Irish could come up with a word like this?) Do you ears hang low, does your upper lip itch?

- hairs growing under the arm - HIRCI (Now you have a word for everything! This one, I hate to tell you, comes from the Latin hircus - a he-goat ... Say no more.)

- the shock felt when plunging into cold water - CURGLAFF (a Scottish word whose origins are obvious, given the temperature of water in the Highlands!)

- living among or growing on rocks; rock inhabiting - RUPICOLINE

-frayed and ragged ends of a rope - FEAZINGS (Understandably, this one is a nautical term)

-bowel sounds, the gurgling, rumbling, or growling noise from the abdomen caused by the muscular contractions of peristalsis - BORBORYGMUS

---from a list I belong to, not responsible for errors or typos.

mark no-responsibility Bailey

[Slava]

- kind of madness in which people fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal - CYNANTHROPY (Don't ask ...)

Great words, Bailey.

Now, this one makes sense, as we already know lycanthropy. However, what about cats? Is that philanthropy? Nah, more like felianthropy or some such.

[misterdoe]

Well, "hirci" kind of explains hirsute...

[skinem]

Little known fact--"curglaff" is actually the sound one makes when the cold frigid water reaches a certain point of the anatomy.

[misterdoe]

Little known fact--"curglaff" is actually the sound one makes when the cold frigid water reaches a certain point of the anatomy.

Related note -- I read long ago, in some book related to language, that the Old Irish word for testicle was uirgge.

[Slava]

Related note -- I read long ago, in some book related to language, that the Old Irish word for testicle was uirgge.

To take it yet another step, this is related to "orchid," so named because of the shape of its roots.

[LukeJavan8]

How erudite the conversation. Fascinating.