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RE: Word Fight - 2/10/2006 3:16:23 AM

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ORIGINAL: Thanatosian

okay - here's one I ran across in a fill in puzzle

astilbe

It's a kind of flower.

How about chiaroscuro

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RE: Word Fight - 2/10/2006 7:39:12 AM

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Sort of...astilbe is actually an herb, but since it flowers, you are partially right lol.

Chiaroscuro, I think, is a drawing done completly in charcoals. Yes, no?

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flibbertigibbet

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RE: Word Fight - 2/10/2006 8:00:46 AM

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Chiaroscuro, I think, is a drawing done completly in charcoals. Yes, no?

It has to do with painting, but it's more of using light and dark to create depth...in a nutshell.

Is flibbertigibbett something amusing? Wild guess based on how the word sounds.

New word...ensorcell

edited because I forgot to answer IM and provide a new word. Not multitasking well this morning.

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RE: Word Fight - 2/10/2006 8:11:08 AM

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Is flibbertigibbett something amusing? Wild guess based on how the word sounds.

LOL actually it's a Shakespear term for friend...which could be construed as umm, amusing

ensorcell I am not sure of...going to have to think about that one, unless LAM knows it.

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RE: Word Fight - 2/10/2006 11:12:25 AM

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"Ensorcell" means to cast a magic spell on something. It's related to the words "sorcery," "sorcerer," etc.

OK, new word...discomfit.

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RE: Word Fight - 2/10/2006 11:22:07 AM

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OK, new word...discomfit.

embarrass

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RE: Word Fight - 2/10/2006 11:27:57 AM

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"Discomfit" does not mean "embarrass."

"Lugubrious" means making an excessive display of grief, as in "a lugubrious eulogy." In my experience it usually refers to writing, rather than to behavior. I suppose you could call certain types of music "lugubrious" too.

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RE: Word Fight - 2/10/2006 11:29:09 AM

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Discomfit" does not mean "embarrass."

Then what does it mean?

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RE: Word Fight - 2/10/2006 11:50:19 AM

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"To defeat utterly," "to destroy," as in "They were discomfited in battle." The noun is "discomfiture." "War prisoners rarely lament their captors' discomfiture."

Many people assume that "discomfit" is the same word as "discomfort," but it's not.

Edited to add: Oh, new word. Diuturnal.

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RE: Word Fight - 2/10/2006 12:41:05 PM

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Hmm, I always thought discomfit meant to lose composure?

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means long lasting

Accolent

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RE: Word Fight - 2/10/2006 1:28:36 PM

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Obsolete words are fair?

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RE: Word Fight - 2/10/2006 6:26:26 PM

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A "martinet" is a taskmaster, a stern drillmaster.

Which word was obsolete?

I didn't know "accolent," by the way.

OK, next word...louche

Edited to add: I looked up "discomfit" and found a derived sense of "To throw into perplexity, confusion, or dejection; to cast down utterly; to disconcert" (OED Def. 2b). But the primary meaning is "to defeat utterly," "to rout." The etymology shows the meaning: OF desconfire, from Latin disconficere, "to take apart."

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RE: Word Fight - 2/11/2006 12:09:24 AM

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OK, next word...louche

hmm.. I'm not sure. Is it a form of louse as in someone who's an ass?

Here's my word - salacious

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RE: Word Fight - 2/11/2006 12:16:47 AM

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OK, next word...louche

I think it's the sound you hear when two elephants are humping.

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RE: Word Fight - 2/11/2006 12:49:24 AM

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"Louche" (hint: pronounced "loosh") and "salacious" are actually not that far apart from each other. At least they're in the same ballpark.

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RE: Word Fight - 2/11/2006 5:59:38 AM

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"Louche" (hint: pronounced "loosh")

Yup, that's pretty much how I'd imagine elephant sex would sound.
loosh, loosh, loosh, loosh, loosh, loosh, loosh...

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RE: Word Fight - 2/11/2006 6:16:20 AM

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Despite there size the female elephant is not as loosh as one might think, which is why the Male humps her for so long, hippo's on the other hand are quite loosh, which helps when the do it in the water.

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RE: Word Fight - 2/11/2006 8:28:53 AM

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Obsolete words are fair?

Neighboring, border!

Accolent is in no way an obsolete word. I actually came across it this past year while reading some history with my daughter about the great Chicago fire. It's just a very unusual word is all.

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I looked up "discomfit" and found a derived sense of "To throw into perplexity, confusion, or dejection; to cast down utterly; to disconcert" (OED Def. 2b). But the primary meaning is "to defeat utterly," "to rout." The etymology shows the meaning: OF desconfire, from Latin disconficere, "to take apart."

Ahhh, ok, while not actually meaning to lose composure, its easy to assume that definition from what you have here. I stand corrected

edited to add my guess at louche

I think, and this is just a guess from working where I work...but I think it has something to do with ethical practices in regards to lawyers?

Salacious means obscene

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RE: Word Fight - 2/11/2006 11:08:31 AM

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Salacious means obscene

Hmmm, and I hear I was salivating and licking my lips while thinking Delicious...LOL

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RE: Word Fight - 2/11/2006 2:48:11 PM

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Actually, I looked up "accolent" in OED (since I don't know it), and it's classified there as obsolete.

"Louche" means something like decadent, or of questionable morals--although lately I've noticed it's often used by literati as a kind of perverse compliment. It's not quite as far along the scale as "skanky," but not wholesome, wonder-bread, vanilla, all-American girly-girl, either. Did you see the movie Eyes Wide Shut? That creepy Hungarian guy who was dancing with the doctor's wife was louche.

"Salacious" does not quite mean obscene. It's more in the area of titillating, appealing to someone's lustful impulses. Penthouse magazine is salacious, but not obscene (at least not by the prevailing legal definition of "obscene").

Next word...fustian

Edited to add: Oh, looks like I missed "protaganostic." No idea what that means, and I suspect it's misspelled.