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Draco interdum Vincit
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chiropodist
The more common version is podiatrist.
not in the UK
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chiropodist
The more common version is podiatrist.
A tosher is someone who scavenges in the sewers, especially in London during the Victorian period. This activity began around the time of the construction of the London sewerage system, designed by Joseph Bazalgette.
The toshers decided to cut out the middle man and it was a common sight in 19th Century Wapping for whole families to whip off a manhole cover and go down into the sewers, where they would find rich pickings.
As most toshers would reek of the sewers, they were not popular with the neighbours. The word tosher was also used to describe the thieves who stripped valuable copper from the hulls of ships moored along the Thames.
I knew I was trapped, so I put on my best Mandorallen lofty nobility and responded, “Surely it doth weigh heavily upon mine own heart to consider the peril that a woman wouldst face alone upon the long, harsh journey to fair Kol, and I cannot in good conscience allow this to come to pass so long as I do possess the strength to lift mine sword, your Majesty. I do vouchsafe that the fair lady shall meet no misfortune so long as she doth travel at my side, though the foulest of monsters and creatures of the dark do beset us in our grand journey to the safe environs of fair Kol.”
And I seem to be partial to the pa words today. One more and is an all time favorite;
paladin - a champion of a medieval prince, an outstanding protagonist of a cause
Does anyone out there remember the TV show, Paladin? Also a favorite of mine.
Truly, hul gil is a name not a word, but I found it so interesting I felt compelled to include it, against my own limits, so feel free to add any odd words to the mix.
Back to the thread; ne'er-do-well - an idle worthless person
Yes, patina is used in the antique market. I was thinking of it for a vampire-like description; His skin was a pale patina color, imperceptibly green and yet translucent at the same time.
How about;
patronymic - a name derived from the father's last name with the addition of a suffix, like John Jacob Astor, the early American opium smuggler, who called his mansion, "Astoria". The Astors were from Waldorf, Germany, of course.
Hul gil as you previously described it is a word because Sumerian is an agglutanative language which formed words through the combination of other smaller words.
Another good example is En-hedu-ana which is variously translated as lady ornament of Ana or more practically as high pristess of Ana
En-hedu-ana herself can be accurately dated to 2285 BCE because she was the daughter of the Akkadian King Sargon. She is also the first author ever whose name we know, her best known work being the nin-me-sara (hymns to the goddess Innana)
not in the UK
Can someone explain this one to me?
warm spot - a cutaneous sensory end organ that is stimulated by an increase in temperature
Sounds sexual...
Now, I have to look up cutaneous!
Well if sub-cutaneous means under the skin then cutaneous must me above the skin.
ON the surface of the skin.
Og
In the skin.
According to my Compact Oxford Dictionary "Of the skin"
Og