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Sain

Thanks for keeping the curiosities going while Justric is taking a break Argyros. They're fun to check.

I want to see people constructing sentences with over 50% of the words picked from this thread ;D
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Argyros

Quote from: Sain on May 15, 2019, 05:11:23 AM
Thanks for keeping the curiosities going while Justric is taking a break Argyros. They're fun to check.

You're welcome, Sain! My pleasure.

Quote from: Sain on May 15, 2019, 05:11:23 AMI want to see people constructing sentences with over 50% of the words picked from this thread ;D

Doth thou foreshadow a contest?  ;)

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Sain

Quote from: Argyros on May 15, 2019, 05:44:36 PM
You're welcome, Sain! My pleasure.

Doth thou foreshadow a contest?  ;)

A forgotten challenge ;D
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Argyros

Venery





[ ven·​ery | ve-nə-rē | ven-uh-ree ]




noun


  • The art, act, practice or sport of hunting; the chase.
  • Animals that are hunted; game.



Etymology

Venery (c. 1275–1325). From Middle English venerie, borrowed from Anglo-French vénerie ("hunting") and derived from Old French vener and Latin vēnārī ("to hunt").
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Argyros

Dandiprat


[ dan·​di·​prat | dandēˌprat | dan-dee-prat]



noun1


  • A small silver coin minted in 16th Century England, valued at approximately twopence.

noun2


  • A person of diminutive stature; a dwarf, pygmy, or midget.
  • A silly, finicky, contemptible or puerile person.
  • A child, especially a street urchin.



Etymology

Dandiprat (c. 1510–1520). Origin unknown.
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Sain

Quote from: Argyros on May 30, 2019, 06:54:02 PM
Dandiprat


[ dan·​di·​prat | dandēˌprat | dan-dee-prat]



noun1


  • A small silver coin minted in 16th Century England, valued at approximately twopence.

noun2


  • A person of diminutive stature; a dwarf, pygmy, or midget.
  • A silly, finicky, contemptible or puerile person.
  • A child, especially a street urchin.



Etymology

Dandiprat (c. 1510–1520). Origin unknown.

I like this. The word actually sounds sorta like what it means so it might be usable today still ;D
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Nico


Scurryfunge

Verb

  • sku-ree-fun-j
  • Hasty tidying of the house between the time you see a neighbor and the time they knock on your door.

Old/Middle English, commonly in the late 19th century.

First documented use:

1777 - Horæ Subsecivæ (in English Dialect Dictionary);
"SCURRIFUNGE - to lash tightly; coire"

Example:

"I scurryfunge when I see my mother in law coming over."

Argyros

Purfle

[ pur·​fle | pər-fəl | pur-fuh l ]





verb (purfled, purfling)


  • To finish an object with an ornamental border.
  • To decorate a shrine or tabernacle with architectural forms in miniature.

noun (alt. purfling)


  • An ornamental border, as the inlaid border near the outer edge of the table and back of a stringed instrument.



Etymology

Purfle (c. 1275–1325). From Middle English purfilen and French porfiler ("to adorn a border"), equivalent to por- ("in favour of") + filer ("to spin"), derivative of Latin filium ("thread").
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Argyros

Shrift



[ shrift | srift ]


noun


  • Absolution or remission of sins granted after confession and penance.
  • (Religion) The act of shriving; confession.



Etymology

Shrift (c. < 900 AD). Middle English shrift, derived from Old English scrift ("penance") and cognate with German or Dutch schrift ("writing").
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Mellific

Maffle

Verb

  • to speak indistinctly : MUMBLE, STAMMER

  • to cause to become confused or bewildered

Middle English mafflen, probably of imitative origin

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Argyros

Agelast





[ ag·​e·​last | a-jə-ˌlast]


noun


  • A person who never laughs.



Etymology

Agelast (c. 1877). Borrowed from Middle French agelaste, a derivative of Greek agélastos ("not laughing", "grave", "gloomy"),
which is a conjunction of a- ("not", "without") + gelastós, verbal adjective of gelân ("to laugh").
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Mellific

Tortiloquy

Noun

  • Crooked or dishonest speech.

Sample sentence: I will not tolerate such tortiloquy in my court!

1656 -1656

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Argyros

Nithing





[ nith·​ing | naɪðɪŋ ]



noun (pl. nithings)


  • A contemptible, despicable, meanly, covetous or stingy person; a miser.
  • A cowardly or craven person, especially one who breaks a code of honour.
  • (Mythology) A malicious creature.


Etymology

Nithing (c. 1731, Middle English). From Old English nīþing ("wretch", "villain", "coward", "outlaw") and Old Norse níðingr, derived from the root word níð ("defamation", "libel").
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Argyros

#188
Boulevardier





“Feeling fancy, might buy a house
made of gold later. I don’t know.”



[ bou·le·vard·i·er | bu̇-lə-ˌvär-ˈdyā | booluh-var-dyey ]



noun (pl. boulevardiers)

  • A cultivated, cultured person who frequents the most fashionable locales in cities such as Pairs, London or New York; a wealthy, fashionable socialite.
  • A person who lives luxuriously and enjoys good food and drink; a bon vivant.
  • (Mixology) A cocktail consisting of Campari, sweet vermouth, and rye whisky or bourbon.


Etymology

Boulevardier (c. 1875–1880). From French boulevard (“promenade, avenue, rampart”) + the noun-forming suffix -ier.
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Argyros

Pavonine




[ pav·​o·​nine | ˈpavəˌnīn, -nə̇n | pav-uh-nahyn, -nin ]



adjective

  • Of, relating to, or resembling a peacock.
  • Coloured like a peacock's tail or neck; iridescent.
  • Of the colour peacock blue.


Etymology

Pavonine (c. 1650–1660). From Latin pāvōnīnus, derivative of pāvō (stem pāvōn-) ("peacock") + suffix adjective -ine (of, or pertaining to).
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Argyros

Cupreous




[ cu·​pre·​ous | ˈk(y)üprēəs | kyoo-pree-uh s, (koo-) ]



adjective

  • Containing or resembling copper: coppery.
  • Copper-coloured; metallic reddish-brown.


Etymology

Cupreous (c. 1660–1670). From Late Latin cupreus, equivalent to cupr(um) ("copper") + the suffix forming adjective -eus or -eous ("relating to or having the nature of").
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Argyros

Anfractuous




[an·frac·tu·ous | an-ˈfrak-chə-wəs  (-shə-; -chü-əs, -shü-) | an-frak-choo-uh s]



adjective

  • Characterized by windings and turnings; sinuous, circuitous, torturous.


Etymology

Anfractuous (c. 1615–1625). From Latin anfractus (“winding”, “bending”), a combination of the prefix an- (“around”) and the verb frangere (“to bend”, “to break.”).
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Argyros

Deracinate




[de·rac·i·nate | dē-ˈra-sə-ˌnāt | dih-ras-uh-neyt]



verb (used with an object) deracinated, deracinating

  • To pull up by the roots; uproot, extirpate, eradicate.
  • To isolate or alienate a person from a native or customary culture or environment.


Etymology

Deracinate (c. 1590–1600). From French verb déracin(er), a combinative derivative of prefix de- (“remove”, “separate”) + Latin noun radix (“root”) + the verb-forming suffix –ate.
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stormwyrm

Apodictic

Adjective

  • Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
  • A style of argument, in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so.
  • (theology, Biblical studies) Absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!"

From the Ancient Greek ἀποδεικτικός (apodeiktikós, “affording proof”, “demonstrative”), from ἀποδείκνυμι (apodeíknumi, “I demonstrate”).
If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.
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Farrago

noun

  • A confused, volatile mixture, a hodgepodge
  • mixed fodder for cattle

Ozolosterna

Filibeg

Noun

  • A type of Kilt worn by Scottish Highlanders

Scotland: 1700's
Philibeg
Kilt. Scottish Skirt

Inkidu

Quote from: Argyros on June 10, 2019, 07:26:22 PM
Shrift



[ shrift | srift ]


noun


  • Absolution or remission of sins granted after confession and penance.
  • (Religion) The act of shriving; confession.



Etymology

Shrift (c. < 900 AD). Middle English shrift, derived from Old English scrift ("penance") and cognate with German or Dutch schrift ("writing").
I like this one because it still exists in the modern lexicon today because of the phrase short shrift.
If you're searching the lines for a point, well you've probably missed it; there was never anything there in the first place.

stormwyrm


Art for art's sake?
Autotelic

Adjective

  • Having purpose or meaning in and not apart from itself.
  • Not motivated by anything outside of itself, self-contained.

From Greek αὐτοτελής (autotelēs), formed from αὐτός (autos, "self") and τέλος (telos, "end" or "goal"). First used in English ca. 1901.
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stormwyrm


A fine specimen of Mephitis mephitis.
Mephitic

Adjective

  • Foul-smelling or noxious, particularly of a gas or atmosphere.

From Latin mephitis, a poisonous or pestilential gas from the ground. Also originally the name of the Samnite goddess of the poisonous gases of swamps and volcanoes. Also a genus of North American skunks.
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Quote from: Hob on November 13, 2018, 06:10:05 AM
Merry-begot

adjective

  • illegitmate
  • born out of wedlock
noun

  • an illegitmate child
  • kinder version of "bastard"
  • a child conceived during harvest festivals or other holidays

English, mid-19th Century
In Newfoundland, also "moss child" or "moonlight child"

"Mommy, why are the old ladies in market calling me merry begot. I thought you named me Ester."

"Oh, child, one cold evening, after a traveling bard had regaled us with song and tale, I was eager to hear more. And he eager to tell more. We strolled to the outside of town, toward the cliff overlooking the river. The moonlight, his honey tongue," She paused looking at her young child, "told sweet stories and sang ballads that made me sway. We were merry, and you were begotten that eve."

After a moment, the child saw a bard in town telling a tale. Ester ran toward the women gathered and shouted, "MORE BABIES COMING!"




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