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Those are all great seldom-used words, Emily. Thanks so much for contributing them.
prairie schooner - noun a covered wagon used by pioneers in cross-country travel - called also a prairie wagon
prairie schooner - noun a covered wagon used by pioneers in cross-country travel - called also a prairie wagon
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pandiculation noun the act of stretching before going to bed or after waking up.
...and with that, I will say, "good night."
But stretching what, Emily? Would a panderer be more likely to pandiculate that a mere pan-handler? Can we expect a panoramic panegyric of pansexuality?
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What lovely alliteration, Tio. I'll indulge and delight in my dalliance with your delicious debate, and simply suppose and suggest, that a panderer would be far more likely to pandiculate than a mere pan-handler; paying special attention to his posterior, naturally. Perhaps one should not expect a "panoramic panegyric of pansexuality," but rather the ponderings of a particularly playful person.
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What lovely alliteration, Tio. I'll indulge and delight in my dalliance with your delicious debate, and simply suppose and suggest, that a panderer would be far more likely to pandiculate than a mere pan-handler; paying special attention to his posterior, naturally. Perhaps one should not expect a "panoramic panegyric of pansexuality," but rather the ponderings of a particularly playful person.
corollary - noun : 1. A proposition that follows directly from the proof of another proposition. 2. An obvious deduction. 3. A natural consequence or result. 4. The outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual.
adjective : Consequent or resultant.
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corollary - noun : 1. A proposition that follows directly from the proof of another proposition. 2. An obvious deduction. 3. A natural consequence or result. 4. The outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual.
adjective : Consequent or resultant.
Nice, PayDay.
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dehisce \di-ˈhis\ - bursting open, rupture. Usually refering to seed pods.
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Quite a lovely exchange, while I was away in my garden digging up weeds, mostly devil grass, all day. Well done, contributors.
pragmatic - adj 1. archaic a. (1) BUSY (2) OFFICIOUS b. OPINIONATED 2. relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters 3. relating to or in accordance with pragmagtism
pragmatic - adj 1. archaic a. (1) BUSY (2) OFFICIOUS b. OPINIONATED 2. relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters 3. relating to or in accordance with pragmagtism
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Means "in love" in Italian also. But you knew that didn't you ;-)
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basorexia - uncontrollable urge to kiss.
while i love this word and its concept, it appears to be pure slang.
while i love this word and its concept, it appears to be pure slang.
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It is wonderful to find new posters to this thread, when I visit it. Welcome her_secret, Emily124 and of course PayDay, if I forgot to mention it before.
praenomen - noun the first of the usual three names of an ancient Roman
praenomen - noun the first of the usual three names of an ancient Roman
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But what, pray tell, was the praenomen praetorium, my dearest Allard? Did he preside over the praesidium?
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Well, Tio, I really don't know. You are certainly feeling very alliterate lately, huh?
praemunire - noun an offense against the English Crown punishable chiefly by forteiture and originally committed by asserting papal legal supremacy in England
praemunire - noun an offense against the English Crown punishable chiefly by forteiture and originally committed by asserting papal legal supremacy in England
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Well, Allard, my dearest partner in unholy nonwedlock, being alliterative is far better than being illiterative or even aliterative.
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Oops! That was on the immediately previous page...
pumpkin, pompkin - A man or woman of Boston 'From the number of pomkins raised and eaten' 1785. (Whence, perhaps, the mainly US use - persons, occasionally things, of importance - or who think they are.)
Think pumpkins of oneself - To think well, sometimes inordinately well, of oneself. Ouida The Massarenes 1897.
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Thank you, Allard.
effete- adjective (of a person) affected, overrefined, and ineffectual; no longer capable of effective action.
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Og, that is what happens when the OP gets in a hurry. Please excuse the second entry.
praedial - adj of or relating to land or its products
praedial - adj of or relating to land or its products
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Good day, posters. Here is a word that has more definitions than I realized;
powwow - noun 1. a North American Indian medicine man 2. a North American Indian ceremony(as for victory in war) 3.a. a socail get-together b. a meeting for discussion
powwow - noun 1. a North American Indian medicine man 2. a North American Indian ceremony(as for victory in war) 3.a. a socail get-together b. a meeting for discussion
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a word oft used in 1920s and 30s novels, describing something the air-head female has or is.
"But Darling," said Lady Cynthia, "it's Terribly recherché."
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