Not much on this, except this: Latin dimicatio, from dimicare to fight.
Unfortunately, it is labeled obsolete.
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- Sun May 03, 2020 9:47 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Dimication
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5020
- Fri May 01, 2020 11:10 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Bureau
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5666
Bureau
Originally a coarse brown cloth covering a desk, burel. From Latin for either red or wool. Since offices were filled with desks, bureau became associated with government agencies. The chest of drawers Meaning appears to be American English only usage. In French, a bureau is office and in German Büro.
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 7:15 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Uliginous
- Replies: 1
- Views: 12412
Re: Uliginous
I like this word. Not much on it. This from Webster: Latin uliginosus, from uligin-, uligo moisture, marshiness, from udus, uvidus damp, moist.
Did any Latin daughters adopt this word?
Since 2017, Washington has become more uliginous.
Did any Latin daughters adopt this word?
Since 2017, Washington has become more uliginous.
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:28 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Berserk
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5523
Re: Berserk
From old Norse. A warrior clothed in bear skin.
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:25 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Rue
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5372
Re: Rue
No. The French rue is from Latin and the regret sense from german. Close but different PIE roots.
- Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:57 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Scrum
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5949
Scrum
I read this description of trump’s press conferences: Analysis of a trump press briefing: The briefing is a pity party, a patriotic pep talk, a media scrum, a tantrum, a sermon, a mood ring, an infomercial, an airing of grievances, a rally without ralliers, a wrestling match without chokeholds, a gl...
- Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:58 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Gaffe
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8237
Re: Gaffe
Why single out Biden? Trump trumps Biden’s gaffes by light years.
- Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:25 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Covidiot
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5956
Covidiot
Brand new word, meaning a person who doesn’t take the current pandemic seriously.
- Thu Apr 16, 2020 7:27 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Bovine
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5690
Bovine
Eschew obfuscation. I was perplexed why we use The word vaccine, which comes from vacca, meaning cow in Latin, when as I erroneously recalled bos is the word for cow in Latin, thus bovine. Faulty memory, bos in Latin is ox in English.
- Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:18 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Regimen
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6031
Regimen
I hadn’t bothered, until now, to examine if regimen and regiment are related. They are. From Latin, regere, to rule. A regimen is a course of diet or exercise for the sake of health. We can easily see how an army regiment required rules and discipline.
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:18 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: scotch
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7600
scotch
Not capitalized and as a verb, this means to put an end to, crush, stamp out. As a noun to cut, score or slash. Where does this come from and how does it relate to that beloved country north of England?
- Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:10 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Celibacy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7504
Celibacy
From the Latin, state of being unmarried, caelebs.
Given the current pandemic, some of us are in forced celibacy.
Given the current pandemic, some of us are in forced celibacy.
- Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:29 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Analysand
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6578
Analysand
Simply: a person undergoing psychoanalysis.
- Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:28 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Demiurgic
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6311
Demiurgic
I encountered this word in an article reviewing a book about Cromwell and how the book is a testament to the author’s demiurgic imagination. I had to look this up. I received:
one that is an autonomous creative force or decisive power.
one that is an autonomous creative force or decisive power.
- Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:43 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: cretinous
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8316
cretinous
Foolish.