Stymie
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Stymie
To block, hinder or thwart. From Scottish, meaning a person who sees poorly. As understood by me this was originally used in golf when an opponents ball blocked the hole. I guess the other player couldn’t see the hole well enough so he was stymied.
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Re: Stymie
Here's a rare case, a word that was done, but never made it to the dictionary. I didn't think that was possible. Here it is on the Agora, though.
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