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on thane , seanmeade said:
“a good Tolkien word” more...
on prolix , seanmeade said:
“sounds like logorrhea to me...” more...
on perigee , seanmeade said:
“simply nice, especially when combined with apogee” more...
on osmosis , seanmeade said:
“overused compared with diffusion” more...
on polyphiloprogenitive , seanmeade said:
“fave word from The Sound and the Fury” more...
on iowa , seanmeade said:
“Iowa, what a beautiful name
when they say it like we say it back home” more...
on eleemosynary , seanmeade said:
“charity, alms, pity

and a play by Lee Blessing” more...
on euphonious , seanmeade said:
“what a beautiful sounding word! ;-)” more...
on diadem , seanmeade said:
“'bring forth the royal diadem'” more...
on fenagle , seanmeade said:
“is this really a word? cf finagle” more...
on jammies , seanmeade said:
“'no one sleeps naked in this house, boy!'” more...
on albeit , seanmeade said:
“learned this from reading, never having heard it. thought for the longest time is was a French word pronounced to rhyme with 'weigh'” more...
on expectorate , seanmeade said:
“'i'm especially good at expectorating'” more...
on halycon , seanmeade said:
“is this really a word? halcyon is...” more...
on mendacity , seanmeade said:
“great word from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” more...
on undulant , seanmeade said:
“Undulant is from Late Latin undula, "a small wave," diminutive of Latin unda, "wave.” more...
on blog , seanmeade said:
“hate the sound of this word” more...
on okay , seanmeade said:
“Word History: OK is a quintessentially American term that has spread from English to many other languages. Its origin was the subject of...” more...
on resplendent , seanmeade said:
“'honey we're all resplendent'

-- Bill Mallonee” more...
on pellucid , seanmeade said:
“allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.” more...
on bucolic , seanmeade said:
“derives from Greek boukolikos , "rustic; pastoral," from boukolos, "a cowherd; a herdsman" from bous, "a cow; an ox."
And also from the Indo-European...” more...
on pyrrhic victory , seanmeade said:
“Embarrassing to learn that it doesn't refer to anything or one about the Trojan War, like I thought. (I think I was thinking of both Paris and Priam,...” more...
on eldritch , seanmeade said:
“etymology is 'elf kingdom' (the word for kingdom in Old English being 'rice' like in the German 'reich')” more...
on weltschmerz , seanmeade said:
“mental depression or apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state” more...
on puissant , seanmeade said:
“Means 'powerful' in French, right? Doesn't look or sound powerful to me. It looks like the least powerful word I can think of, except maybe...” more...
on philologist , seanmeade said:
“we love words, plus, it was the profession of The Professor Tolkien” more...
on capitulate , seanmeade said:
“I always assumed it meant something like 'to bow one's head' or 'to submit to someone else's head-ship', but it comes from 'to draw up terms or...” more...
on sinecure , seanmeade said:
“literally means 'without cure (of souls)' in Latin, like you find in 'curate'. Refers to those positions in the church where someone didn't actually...” more...
on sub rosa , seanmeade said:
“Sub rosa comes from the Latin, literally "under the rose," from the ancient association of the rose with confidentiality, the origin of which...” more...
on vociferous , seanmeade said:
“Vociferous derives from Latin vociferari, "to shout, to cry out" from vox, "voice" + ferre, "to carry."

Guess what that makes me sing? 'Hush,...” more...
on zephyr , seanmeade said:
“zephyr is the Greek equivalent of the Roman favonius” more...
on carnation , seanmeade said:
“*awesome* etymology: from Italian incarnatino, which came from the Latin incarnato, something incarnate, made flesh, from in + caro, carn-, "flesh."...” more...
on cavalry , seanmeade said:
“must remember difference between cavalry and Calvary ;-)” more...
on behemoth , seanmeade said:
“not enough Hebrew/Semitic-originating words in English” more...
on caryatid , seanmeade said:
“learned this from D&D: the monster called a caryatid column” more...
on eponymous , seanmeade said:
“eponymous: great REM IRS-years compilation album” more...
on apogee , seanmeade said:
“apogee etymolgy: (far) from earth. cool!” more...
on schadenfreude , seanmeade said:
“schadenfreude is terminally overused, but what a great word! truly captures that common, base feeling.” more...
on mellifluous , seanmeade said:
“mellifluous is such a great sounding word! ;-)” more...
on apotheosis , seanmeade said:
“i most associate apotheosis with the painting in the US Capitol Building: The Apotheosis of George Washington. when i first saw it i was like 'what...” more...
on avuncular , seanmeade said:
“the thing i love about avuncular is its origin in Indo-European pre-history and the probable cultural milieu: the importance of the maternal...” more...
on doppelganger , seanmeade said:
“favorite usage: 'welcome to our world, small, amusing doppelganger.'

-- Teen Titans, Season 2” more...
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