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IceyOne -> RE: Word Fight (2/5/2006 11:20:44 AM)
In regards to LordandMasters word Consuetudinary: (Med.Lat.Consuetudinarius from Consuetudo, Custom) Customary, a term used especially of law based on custom as opposed to statutory or written law. As a noun, consuetudinary is the nme given to a ritual book containing the forms and ceremonies used in the services of a particular monastery, cathedral, or religious order. The link is here: http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/c/co/consuetudinary.html

samwise213 -> RE: Word Fight (2/5/2006 2:50:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster WRONG. Reticent means "disinclined to speak." It is NOT a synonym of "reluctant," thought it's often misused that way. quote: ORIGINAL: samwise213 Reticent - reluctant. I am reticent to post an answer. I had been unsure of that, myself. So after I posted I went to Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=reticent Please note definition 3.

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (2/5/2006 9:14:54 PM)
We've been over this. Edited to add: What's the next word? I think it's IceyOne's turn.

candystripper -> RE: Word Fight (2/6/2006 6:02:58 AM)
quote: With all due respect my dear Candy, if someone says a word is wrong the ultimate fall back will have to be a dictionary(s). Therefore using a dictionary to prove out the meaning of the word when told it is wrong should be acceptable. Gauge Ya, but Ya cannot derive new word from dictionaries, and Ya must 1st call it a fake, LOL. ~steals turn~ New word: Extreme Unction candystripper

IceyOne -> RE: Word Fight (2/6/2006 7:21:59 AM)
quote: New word: Extreme Unction Candy? That is two words? But either way it is a sacrament from the Catholic Church. New word: Kafirs

IrishMist -> RE: Word Fight (2/6/2006 9:22:17 AM)
quote: Kafirs Infidel's Brimborion

IceyOne -> RE: Word Fight (2/6/2006 10:46:23 AM)
quote: Brimborion valueless Catoptromancy

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (2/6/2006 12:51:45 PM)
Oh, I know that one because I know all the -mancies. That's divination with a mirror. Next one: oneiromancy. Edited to add: I looked up "brimborion," by the way, and it's a noun: a valueless THING.

GoddessDustyGold -> RE: Word Fight (2/6/2006 1:12:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster Next one: oneiromancy. This would be concerning divination (since you seem to like divination W) of dreams. Next word should be easy: literateur

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (2/6/2006 1:20:50 PM)
Shouldn't that be with two t's (litterateur)? A writer, I suppose. From French. OK, next one...hmmmm...oh, here's a good one: sempiternal.

IrishMist -> RE: Word Fight (2/6/2006 4:49:21 PM)
quote: sempiternal. eternal...i think Ataraxy

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (2/6/2006 9:28:20 PM)
Yup.

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (2/6/2006 9:46:05 PM)
folgent

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (2/7/2006 3:59:53 AM)
Beats me. I'm tempted to look it up, but that's cheating. So I'll wait.

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (2/7/2006 4:53:34 AM)
It's actually cheating to put it here, I thought maybe Aileen would look here, she is the type that would know something like this. Hint: it is a made-up word. NB: It is not a mis-spelling of fulgent as in Fulgencia Battista, who I hardly found brilliant at all. Ron.

Lordandmaster -> RE: Word Fight (2/7/2006 11:45:20 AM)
Ummmm...how exactly are we supposed to know made-up words? I tried looking it up (since I already admitted I don't know it) and couldn't find it anywhere.

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (2/7/2006 1:48:48 PM)
search in W.C. Fields perhaps.......... it could have a close relation to fulgent.......... or we could just pass......... ok, here. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovavolcanioniosis LOL, Ron ()for real)

IrishMist -> RE: Word Fight (2/7/2006 2:07:57 PM)
quote: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovavolcanioniosis YOu have got to be kidding? LMAO That's actually ONE word, or is it several words joined together?

mnottertail -> RE: Word Fight (2/7/2006 3:18:48 PM)
several concepts strung together from the latin and it is a bona fide disease. (and one word) LOL, Ron

Aileen68 -> RE: Word Fight (2/7/2006 3:36:44 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mnottertail It's actually cheating to put it here, I thought maybe Aileen would look here, she is the type that would know something like this. Hint: it is a made-up word. Ron. Eeeek! Nope. Vocabulary and I are a very sad combo. Not my strong point. I just swing in to learn something.

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