Locupletative

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Locupletative

Postby Grogie » Sat Apr 11, 2015 10:21 am

Tending to enrich. ''Reading is a very locupletative pastime.''

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Re: Locupletative

Postby Perry Lassiter » Sat Apr 11, 2015 3:38 pm

Pronounce that word three times quickly! Better still, tell me how to how to pronounce it the first time. Derivation?
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Re: Locupletative

Postby Grogie » Sat Apr 11, 2015 7:38 pm

I,m not sure of the derivation.

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Re: Locupletative

Postby Slava » Sat Apr 11, 2015 10:23 pm

For pronunciation, I'd go for "lah-kew-PLE-tah-tiv". Whence it cometh? I'd go for someone attempting to coin a new word; one that didn't quite make it.
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Re: Locupletative

Postby Grogie » Sun Apr 12, 2015 10:55 am

Very possible.


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