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Spirograph? Anu Garg?
Strepitant?
strepitant (STREP-i-tant) adjective, also strepitous Noisy; boisterous.
[From Latin strepitantem, present participle of strepitare, from strepere
(to make a noise).]
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And why does Oryx claim that Lara is
eudemonic?
eudemonic (yoo-di-MO-nic) adjective
1. having a state of happiness and well-being
2. In Aristotelian philosophy, possessing happiness in a life of activity governed by reason.
[From Greek eudaimonia (happiness), from eudaimon (having a good genius,
happy), from eu- (good) + daimon (spirit, fate, fortune).]
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Has Oryx gone off the deep end?
Well, yeah, but that's
apodictic.
apodictic adjective Demonstrably true.
[From Latin apodicticus, from Greek apodeiktikos, from apodeiknynai (to
demonstrate), from apo- + deiknynai (to show).]
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Anu Garg is a fascinating, multi-faceted guy who does a number of
very interesting things, any of which is a
sockdolager on its own. Among these are:
sockdolager (sok-DOL-uh-juhr) noun
1. A decisive blow or remark.
2. Something exceptional or outstanding.
[Of unknown origin, apparently from sock.]
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The
A-Word-A-Day
email list, whence all of My $100 words come.
You sign up and get one REAL english
word every day in your email, for you to use, show off with, enjoy, or
bloviate all over your friends [Eww!]
bloviate (BLO-vee-ayt) verb intr. To speak pompously.
[Pseudo-Latin alteration of blow, to boast; popularized by 29th US
President, Warren G. Harding (1865-1923).]
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The
Internet Anagram Server,
where you can enter a name, a phrase, or a whatever
and see all of its
anagrams.
anagram (an-a-gram) noun A word or phrase formed
by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. For example, A Domesticated Animal =
Docile, as a Man Tamed it
verb tr., intr. To rearrange letters in such a way. To anagrammatize.
[From New Latin anagramma, from Greek anagrammatismos, ana- (up, again, back, new) + -gram (letter).]
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You should know, that "Internet Anagram Server" is itself an anagram for "I, Rearrangement Servant"
And, of course, this Spirograph Applet!
I've been wanting to put Anu's work on the
tLi website for some time,
but Us old Innkeepers get
testudinate, as brandy can well testify...
testudinate (te-STOOD-in-ayt) adjective, also testudinal or testudinarian
1. Slow-moving, like a turtle.
2. Curved like the carapace (shell) of a turtle; vaulted.
[From Late Latin testudinatus, from Latin testudo (tortoise).]
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