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Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 6:30:57 AM)
Ok, I think I have it [&:] Rhedarious refers to those who are old fashioned enough to still enjoy riding in carriages?

bandit25 -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 7:55:41 AM)
Tikkiee, that word hasn't been in use since the 1700s. How did you know its meaning?

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 7:57:20 AM)
Apparently, she is older than she looks. Ron

bandit25 -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 8:07:10 AM)
Aren't we all?

candystripper -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 8:11:14 AM)
New word "Noctuabundus". candystripper

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 9:51:42 AM)
Ahhhhhhhh! The children of the night, what beautiful music they make. night wanderer. lefse Ron

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 10:53:09 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: bandit25 Tikkiee, that word hasn't been in use since the 1700s. How did you know its meaning? It is actually used in some Dickens books; in addition to that it has used in relation to Queen Elizabeth [:D]

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 10:56:29 AM)
OED defines "rhedarious" as "of or serving for a cart or chariot." It's from rheda, meaning "four-wheeled carriage." If someone knew what rheda meant, I think they cold figure out "rhedarious." But it hasn't been used in a long time. "Noctuabundus" isn't in OED. It's a Latin word that is hapax legomenon; in other words, it appears once only (in Cicero). It's usually interpreted as "arriving in the night," but there's a new theory that it means "arriving like an owl," from noctua, "owl." See Hannah Rosen, "Noctuabundus ad me venit ... tabellarius," Mnemosyne 55.1 (2002), 89-92. I can't imagine too many people know that word. I had to hunt all this down. Does anyone have an example of "noctuabundus" in English? I really think we need to keep this game to English words. "Lefse" isn't in OED either. I had to look it up. It's from Norwegian. Lam quote: ORIGINAL: bandit25 Tikkiee, that word hasn't been in use since the 1700s. How did you know its meaning?

bandit25 -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 10:57:52 AM)
Ok...didn't know that. I found it in Lost Words and it said there that it hadn't been used since 1700s. Didn't put up definition since I had to look it up.

bandit25 -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 10:59:01 AM)
Yeah...if I get a vote (and I'm sure I don't), can we please keep to English?

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 11:01:54 AM)
I am in agreement also. English only.

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 11:15:43 AM)
ok, but old english since we are tossing about latin roots like the vulgate. woof (*and don't say dog) Ron PS: lefse is a potato bread that looks like a burrito wrap (slather in butter and death to heathens that put sugar on it)

bandit25 -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 11:42:35 AM)
Middle English is as far as we should go back. At least I can take a stab at those.....

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 11:48:18 AM)
This is a word FIGHT and not a word non-violent civil disobedience. I am afraid I must draw a line in the sand somewhere. But that is just me. LOLOLOL, Ron

bandit25 -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 11:58:48 AM)
Well, whatever. I guess I'll check back now and then and see if there's something I may know. Have fun all.

candystripper -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 12:22:00 PM)
My apologises; got it from an arcane site and did not know it was latin. Nice word though. i vote for english too, and it's not my turn. It's still Ron's unless He's been rule out of bounds. candystripper

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 12:55:01 PM)
I'll go next, simply because that's the way I am [8D] "Fletcherize"

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 12:56:53 PM)
quote: PS: lefse is a potato bread that looks like a burrito wrap (slather in butter and death to heathens that put sugar on it) LOL I was thinking it was a potato

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 1:00:37 PM)
Fletching is aiming feathers on an arrow. Fletcherize might be the act (like Marilyn Chambers says, just another act.) of putting them on, or am I putting you on? Ron Dammit! Just looked and nope, not even close unless you will loosely encompass 'the act of' as having an intended meaning to Fletcherize. I know it is a stretch.

Tikkiee -> RE: Word Fight (4/25/2006 1:05:38 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mnottertail Fletching is aiming feathers on an arrow. Fletcherize might be the act (like Marilyn Chambers says, just another act.) of putting them on, or am I putting you on? Ron Dammit! Just looked and nope, not even close unless you will loosely encompass 'the act of' as having an intended meaning to Fletcherize. I know it is a stretch. LMAO, yes a bit of a stretch; just a bit though [8D]

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