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I remember that word from To Kill A Mockingbird. Atticus was talking about that crazy old lady Mrs Dubois I think how she wanted to die beholden to nothing, as pure as snow on the mountain. That was a good book.
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Dobie, I'm having issues with the word from Nov 17.
quote: The Word of the Day for November 17 is: quiddity \KWIH-duh-tee\ (noun) 1 : whatever makes something the type that it is; essence 2 a : a trifling point, quibble b : crotchet, eccentricity
It would seem like 1 and 2a would be antonyms. Is anybody else a little nervous about that?
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The Word of the Day for November 23 is: permeable \PER-mee-uh-bul\ (adjective) : capable of being permeated : penetrable Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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I experienced untoward mental blocks in trying to come up with a sentence using today's word. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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I almost always see this word used to modify behaviour. I always thought that it meant not just willful or stubborn behaviour, but also stubborness/willfulness that is inappropriate. That fits in with def. 1, although def. 1 doesn't shade it as negatively as I thought it was, but I don't know that I've ever seen the word used as def. 2, except perhaps in Bob's sentence above. Not to be untoward, but does anyone have any examples of def. 2? Can it be used to simply mean inconvenient or is its meaning always more negative than that?
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welkin \WELL-kun\ (noun) 1 a : the vault of the sky : firmament 1 b : the celestial abode of God or the gods : heaven 2 : the upper atmosphere Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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On my last visit to the seashore, I tossed a welk into the welkin. As he disappeared from view I heard a booming voice say "Welcome home, Lawrence."
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That officious man acted like a police officer. . HEY! Get back here with my driver's license! Arrrrgh..
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kapellmeister \kuh-PEL-mye-ster or kah-PEL-mye-ster\ (noun, often capitalized) : the director of a choir or orchestra Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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The kapellmeister busted my tone-deaf butt with officious efficiency. Didn't he know that this was a volunteer gig? When there's only 3 guys in the entire church choir, I say you take a fourth even if his range consists of the ability to hit three notes on the lower end of bass-baritone.
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forswear \for-SWAIR\ (verb) 1 : to make a liar of oneself under or as if under oath 2 a : to reject or renounce under oath 2b : to renounce earnestly 3 : to deny under oath Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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steadfast \STED-fast\ (adjective) 1 a : firmly fixed in place : immovable 1 b : not subject to change 2 : firm in belief, determination, or adherence : loyal
nomenclator \NOH-mun-klay-tur\ (noun) 1 : a book containing collections or lists of words 2 : one who gives names to or invents names for things Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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After looking through Bob's magazine collection, I need an alembic to help distill my thoughts.
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alembic \uh-LEM-bik\ (noun) 1 : an apparatus used in distillation 2 : something that refines or transmutes as if by distillation
Grandad made his own liquers for "medicinal purposes" and like to refer to his still as "my pharmaceutical alembic." Usually he'd take a dose and spend the evening writing poetry.
Grandma said it was all written in the alembic pentameter.
hark back \HARK-BAK\ (verb) 1 : to turn back to an earlier topic or circumstance 2 : to go back to something as an origin or source Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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You seem to be bothered by something, Nylph. If there's something you'd like to talk about, you can tell us on Hatrack and we'll try to help. But, do it in a post devoted to what you want to talk about, please, and not in a post devoted to the word of the day. Posts: 1062 | Registered: Nov 2001
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I think The Rabbit's hair is brown, but I may be in err because she hared so quickly, I couldn't tell the color of that hare's hair.
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"His love will eventuate," Suzie's mother used to tell her daughter. "In the meantime, we've got his car, his house, and half his money, so quit complaining!"
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melee \MAY-lay or may-LAY\ (noun) : a confused struggle : especially, a hand-to-hand fight among several people Posts: 1127 | Registered: Aug 2000
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In the midst of the melee, Bob suddenly realized he forgot to unlock the doggie door so Scruffy could take care of business outside. Posts: 22497 | Registered: Sep 2000
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