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Post by wolf on Aug 11, 2020 23:18:57 GMT
Magum
Latin - meaning mage.
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Post by darkharbinger on Aug 12, 2020 4:02:15 GMT
Sinister
Technically it means left handed
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Post by drawntokatet on Aug 12, 2020 12:17:54 GMT
rodomontade
noun [rod-uh-mon-teyd, -tahd, -muhn-, roh-duh-]
vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2020 13:03:29 GMT
Palpate
(verb)
Examine (a part of the body) by touch, especially for medical purposes.( Dr DiO at your service.  )
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Post by Wicked Esther on Aug 12, 2020 15:03:21 GMT
rodomontade
noun [rod-uh-mon-teyd, -tahd, -muhn-, roh-duh-]
vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk.
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Post by neesy on Aug 12, 2020 15:11:45 GMT
Sinister Technically it means left handed I didn't take Latin in school but a captain in the military used the word sinister once as a pun - I didn't get it so he more or less dismissed me or showed that he thought less of me.
I wonder why the gradually phased out the teaching of Latin in schools?
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Post by Wicked Esther on Aug 12, 2020 15:23:01 GMT
Here's a word I encountered while reading Cujo: nurd. Yep, nurd with a "u".  I always imagined it spelled "nerd" when Fonzie said it to Potsie Weber on Happy Days.....so what is this, some sort of regional variation on the spelling? |
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Post by wolf on Aug 12, 2020 15:29:52 GMT
Here's a word I encountered while reading Cujo: nurd. Yep, nurd with a "u". I always imagined it spelled "nerd" when Fonzie said it to Potsie Weber on Happy Days.....so what is this, some sort of regional variation on the spelling?
Lol, yeah that word "vainglorious" is pretty cool......hmmm......might be a bit of challenge to find a place for it. Lol. 😊 |
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Post by Wicked Esther on Aug 12, 2020 15:49:30 GMT
Here's a word I encountered while reading Cujo: nurd. Yep, nurd with a "u". I always imagined it spelled "nerd" when Fonzie said it to Potsie Weber on Happy Days.....so what is this, some sort of regional variation on the spelling?
Lol, yeah that word "vainglorious" is pretty cool......hmmm......might be a bit of challenge to find a place for it. Lol. 😊Haha... yeah--it even sounds braggy and stuck up, doesn't it?! I wish it got used more often! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2020 16:01:53 GMT
Here's a word I encountered while reading Cujo: nurd. Yep, nurd with a "u". I always imagined it spelled "nerd" when Fonzie said it to Potsie Weber on Happy Days.....so what is this, some sort of regional variation on the spelling?
Lol, yeah that word "vainglorious" is pretty cool......hmmm......might be a bit of challenge to find a place for it. Lol. 😊"I’ve been by some I come across as a vainglorious know-it-all, absolutely convinced that I'm right about everything. Meh... they're wrong." |
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Post by neesy on Aug 13, 2020 0:49:01 GMT
Webster online just says it's a variant of the word.
Lol, yeah that word "vainglorious" is pretty cool......hmmm......might be a bit of challenge to find a place for it. Lol. 😊 "I’ve been by some I come across as a vainglorious know-it-all, absolutely convinced that I'm right about everything. Meh... they're wrong." |
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Post by darkharbinger on Aug 13, 2020 12:06:48 GMT
Sinister Technically it means left handed I didn't take Latin in school but a captain in the military used the word sinister once as a pun - I didn't get it so he more or less dismissed me or showed that he thought less of me.
I wonder why the gradually phased out the teaching of Latin in schools?
its a dead language anymore, it only exists in our law and medical terms |
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Post by drawntokatet on Aug 13, 2020 12:54:44 GMT
I didn't take Latin in school but a captain in the military used the word sinister once as a pun - I didn't get it so he more or less dismissed me or showed that he thought less of me.
I wonder why the gradually phased out the teaching of Latin in schools?
its a dead language anymore, it only exists in our law and medical terms
sinistrality
noun [sin-uh-stral-i-tee]
left-handedness.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2020 13:13:52 GMT
Melodrama
(noun)
A sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions.
(Melodrama often leads to melo-trauma)
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Post by edwardjohn on Aug 13, 2020 13:44:56 GMT
Weltschmerz
Cool word.
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Post by neesy on Aug 13, 2020 17:31:58 GMT
Weltschmerz
Cool word. Hmmm - now I'm gonna have to look that one up!
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Post by neesy on Aug 13, 2020 20:09:15 GMT
its a dead language anymore, it only exists in our law and medical terms
sinistrality
noun [sin-uh-stral-i-tee]
left-handedness.
/ˈsibəˌrīt/
noun
noun: sybarite; plural noun: sybarites
a person who is self-indulgent in their fondness for sensuous luxury.
Similar:
hedonist
sensualist
voluptuary
libertine
pleasure seeker
drawntokatet - I found the above word in an article I was reading (I did not know what it meant)
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Post by drawntokatet on Aug 14, 2020 12:49:54 GMT
de facto
adverb, adjective [dee fak-toh, dey]
in fact; in reality
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2020 13:56:11 GMT
Hoofty
(noun)
A Pennsylvania Dutch word for an imbecile or jackass.
(sometimes I think that's my middle name. )
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Post by wolf on Aug 14, 2020 14:23:00 GMT
Hoofty
(noun)
A Pennsylvania Dutch word for an imbecile or jackass.
(sometimes I think that's my middle name. )
Lol, make up your mind! Vainglorious? Hoofty? Or diablique? What's it going to be Sybil! 😄😉 |
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