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Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/18/2006 10:11:28 AM)
anaphora

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/18/2006 10:14:07 AM)
precisely [:)]

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/18/2006 10:18:02 AM)
I know! I know! Next word...I say next word..."adust"..."adust"...

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/18/2006 10:26:46 AM)
LMAO quote: "..."adust"... Sunburned, I think [8\|]

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/18/2006 5:47:50 PM)
"Xebec"

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/18/2006 8:56:00 PM)
"Adust" means scorched, burned to a crisp. Not sunburned. I had no idea what "xebec" means, so I looked it up. Laugh. That's a great Scrabble word.

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/19/2006 5:05:48 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster "Adust" means scorched, burned to a crisp. Not sunburned. I had no idea what "xebec" means, so I looked it up. Laugh. That's a great Scrabble word. Isn't it? I was watching some show on television when they mentioned Xebec lol. I had to go look it up, I had never heard it before. It's a fun word though [:)] Your turn [:D]

AngelaK -> RE: Word Fight (4/19/2006 9:31:04 AM)
But what's xebec?

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/19/2006 10:17:57 AM)
It's a kind of boat, and the word comes from Arabic via Catalan. Next one..."deracinated"

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/19/2006 10:31:12 AM)
quote: ..."deracinated" Removing from it's natural environment; sort of like what we did with the slaves when they were brought from Africa to here. "Zakuski"

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/19/2006 1:06:37 PM)
No idea. That looks like a proper name. Edited to add: I looked it up. Not a proper name. Wow, where are you getting these words??? I wonder how many people know what "zakuski" means. "Deracinated" means literally "uprooted."

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/19/2006 4:33:43 PM)
quote: Edited to add: I looked it up. Not a proper name. Wow, where are you getting these words??? I wonder how many people know what "zakuski" means. LOL believe it or not, I actually come across these words either on television, or from reading. I am both blessed and cursed with a memory that does not let go of something once I latch on.

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/19/2006 8:09:51 PM)
"vermiculation"

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/20/2006 4:53:36 AM)
quote: "vermiculation The movement of the intestines as they contract "Orihon"

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/20/2006 9:20:40 AM)
That's right. I think the more commonly used sense is "worm-eaten," as in "a vermiculated corpse." "Orihon" means folded book (like a Hallmark card)--but it's a Japanese word. Oh, I see that it's in OED, so I guess it counts. Next one..."chrestomathy"

bandit25 -> RE: Word Fight (4/20/2006 9:24:15 AM)
Anthology

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/20/2006 9:36:46 AM)
They're nearly synonyms, but usually a chrestomathy refers to a collection of excerpts, and an anthology to a collection of whole works. (The etymologies are interesting too: a "chrestomathy" contains things that are useful for learning; an "anthology" is a gathering of things, like a bouquet of flowers.) Your turn, bandit.

bandit25 -> RE: Word Fight (4/20/2006 9:48:22 AM)
My turn, huh? Ok...hmmmm...how about abderian?

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (4/20/2006 10:21:04 AM)
Dear Lam and Tikkiee... Not so fast there smut-peddlars..... I am dying to know what a zakuski is.......... I have looked all over and came up short..... mene mene (you know what i mean) LOL, Ron

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/20/2006 11:25:10 AM)
Oh, I am sorry Ron [:)] Zakuski's are hors d'oeuvres; specifically Russian hors d'oeuvres

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