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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:14 pm
toothsome: delicious; attractive; luscious.
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:14 pm
Shinobi 1977 In the interest of expanding our collective vocabulary: Word of the Dayredivivus: living again; revived; restored My new favorate word! Like the Shichinintai!
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:52 am
countermand: to revoke (a former command) or recall by a contrary order.
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:29 am
expropriate: to deprive of possession; also, to transfer (property) to oneself.
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:50 am
perambulate: to stroll; to walk through or over.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:35 am
contradistinction: distinction by contrast.
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:15 am
ululate: to howl; to wail.
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:44 pm
::Giggles slightly:: I love the english language, But I still find that some of our words are quite hilarious. ::Nods::
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:39 am
crapulous: sick from, or marked by, excessive drinking.
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:17 pm
Greatest word of all time:
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
The fear of large words.
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:17 pm
parvenu: an upstart; one newly risen in class or economic status.
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:35 am
manse: a large and imposing residence.
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Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:31 am
uxorious: excessively fond of or submissive to a wife.
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Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:33 pm
Shinobi 1977 uxorious: excessively fond of or submissive to a wife. From uxor (or similar) meaning wife, I'm guessing, as I seem to remember that uxoricide means the killing of one's wife. I know many -icide words...
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:40 am
Ides: the fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
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