Tag: words
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May 12, 2006 01:04 PM EDT --
Notice: Please welcome the eminently qualified Gatherite, Jana Bouma, who has an MA and PhD in English, as my co-editor. Like me, her stock in trade is words, and she has many wonderful and useful ones . . .
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April 29, 2006 07:14 PM EDT --
Just a gentle reminder to Gatherites that the Word of the Day (WOTD) group is busy learning...you guessed it...a new word every day. And we make it fun!
We hope you will join us and discover . . .
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March 07, 2006 03:59 PM EST --
It was a bright summer morning. I strolled along the river-walk, soaking it all in. He was standing on the riverbank, staring steadfastly into the running water below.
Oh, no! I thought. He's going . . .
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May 16, 2006 08:46 AM EDT --
ANALOG / AN-uh-log / (variant of analogue UK)
noun
1. Something that bears an analogy to something else.
2. Biology. An organ or structure that is similar in function to one . . .
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May 19, 2006 02:40 AM EDT --
OBSEQUIOUS \ob-SEE-kwee-us\
adjective
1: Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
2: Attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner
3. Servilely attentive; compliant to excess; fawning. . . .
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May 20, 2006 04:45 PM EDT --
XENOPHOBIA ZEN-uh-FOE-bee-uh
noun
Fear or hatred of strangers, people from other countries, or of anything that is strange or foreign.
Etymology: The word xenophobia was formed from the Greek elements . . .
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May 13, 2006 05:44 AM EDT --
HOARY / HOR-ee /
adjective
1. Gray or white with or as if with age.
2. Covered with grayish hair or pubescence.
3. So old as to inspire veneration; ancient.
4. Remote in time past.
Etymology: Derives . . .
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May 15, 2006 03:07 PM EDT --
ANALOG / AN-uh-log / (variant of analogue UK)
noun
1. Something that bears an analogy to something else.
2. Biology. An organ or structure that is similar in function to one . . .
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May 11, 2006 01:50 PM EDT --
NOTE: Originally posted April 19, 2006
Republished by Word of the Day Group
PERSNICKETY
adjective
1 a--Overparticular about trivial details; fastidious.
b--Snobbish; pretentious.
2--Requiring . . .
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May 11, 2006 03:54 PM EDT --
Originally posted: April 20, 2006 05:45 AM EDT
BULBOUS
adjective
1. Resembling a bulb in shape; rounded or swollen: a bulbous nose; a bulbous stem base.
2. Botony. Bearing bulbs or growing from a . . .
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May 12, 2006 03:37 AM EDT --
Originally posted April 22, 2006 12:17 PM EDT
BOUSTROPHEDONIC - bou-stroph-e-DON-ic
adjective
1. of or relating to writing alternate lines in opposite directions.
Etymology: From the Greek: . . .
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May 12, 2006 04:39 AM EDT --
Originally posted April 23, 2006 08:16 AM EDT<hr color="#eeeeee" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="100%"> PERIPATETIC \pair-uh-puh-TET-ik\
adjective
1. Of . . .
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May 12, 2006 04:48 AM EDT --
First posted April 24, 2006 01:34 PM EDT
DANDLE DAN-dul
transitive verb
1. To move (as a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knee in affectionate play.
2. Pamper, pet
Etymology: . . .
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May 12, 2006 05:08 AM EDT --
First posted: April 25, 2006 04:56 AM EDT <hr color="#eeeeee" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="100%">
FLUMMERY FLUHM-uh-ree
noun
1. Meaningless . . .
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May 12, 2006 05:59 AM EDT --
First posted: April 26, 2006 03:47 AM EDT
Editor's Note: While we are "flumming," I thought I'd toss this your way.
FLUMMOX \FLUHM-uks\
Informal transitive verb
1. To . . .
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May 12, 2006 06:08 AM EDT --
First posted April 27, 2006 05:52 AM EDT
CATAPLEXY KAT-uh-plex-ee
Noun
1. A sudden loss of muscle tone and strength, usually caused by an extreme emotional stimulus.
Etymology: From . . .
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May 12, 2006 06:19 AM EDT --
First posted: April 28, 2006 04:09 AM EDT
RETRORSE ee-TRORS
Adjective
1. Bent or curved backward or downward; "leaves with retrorse barbs" [ant: antrorse]
Etymology: Latin . . .
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May 12, 2006 06:37 AM EDT --
First posted:April 29, 2006 05:57 AM EDT
INSOUCIANT in-SOO-see-uhnt
adjective:
1. Marked by lighthearted unconcern or indifference; carefree; nonchalant.
Etymology: From the French, from in-, "not" . . .
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May 12, 2006 08:54 AM EDT --
First posted: May 10, 2006 03:38 AM EDT
MISSING MISS-zing
What Gather.com was half of yesterday while they revamped the site, resulting in no Word of the Day.
CHIMERA ky-MIR-uh,
noun . . .
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May 14, 2006 06:18 AM EDT --
PUBESCENCE -- / pyu·BES·ens /
noun
1. The state of being pubescent.
2. The attainment or onset of puberty.
3. A covering of soft down or short hairs, . . .
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