Agnate

[Flaminius]

Agnate is a kinsman on one's father's side. I find this word funny since taking [out] one letter at a time can reduce it to a letter without losing sense on the way.

[Apoclima]

Pleae explain, Flam!?

Apo

[Flaminius]

agnate
agate
gate
ate
at
a

[Apoclima]

Hmmm... I see!

I wonder how many words you can do that to.

Apo

[M. Henri Day]

Word games with deletions are lots of fun, to those of that turn of mind. Homo ludens....

Henri

[Slava]

Another renewal of a long-lost suggestion.

Question, is my Father's brother's wife an agnate? She's obviously not male, but traceable only via the male line.

And, of course, I have to ask, what's the opposite? What is the feminine equivalent of agnate?

By the way the M. Henri Day link still works, and has lots of great stuff.

[LukeJavan8]

And the link still works even though the thread died. But
only a few months ago. Might be interesting to
continue:certainly is brain food to play with words this
way.

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Just rambling and looking out the window.