abeyance means... to suspend... stop something temporarily.
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abeyance means... to suspend... stop something temporarily.
to postpone then :p
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Originally Posted by Jay
Yep, same here. Though didn't get the exact meaning, least we can understand it..
I don't look the dict, but I guess in limbo means in a state of confusion..deeply in a state of confusion ...
things in limbo can be stagnant, though, nothing to do with confusion. english - glug!
nothing to do w/ confusion...
Oh all this time I was so wrong...
Got a bit carried away :angel:
To search, used OneLook
Etymology
1398, earlier abime (c.1300), from L.L. abyssus, from Gk. abyssos "bottomless," from a- "without" (see a- (2)) + byssos "bottom," possibly related to bathos "depth." Abyssal is first recorded 1691, used especially of the zone of ocean water below 300 fathoms.
Too long to paste here, Wikipedia on abyss
Cambridge Dictionary
1 LITERARY: a very deep hole which seems to have no bottom
2 a difficult situation that brings trouble or destruction:
The country is sinking/plunging into an abyss of violence and lawlessness.
She found herself on the edge of an abyss.
Bartleby - pronunciation file
1. An immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or void: “lost in the vast abysses of space and time” (Loren Eiseley).
2a. The primeval chaos out of which it was believed that the earth and sky were formed.
2b. The abode of evil spirits; hell.
Art dictionary:
Ambivalent, as both the profundity of the depth and as abasement and inferiority. Often a symbol of the uncertainty of childhood, the abyss may also represent indefinte depths or heights and is closely associated with evolution, both individual and universal. "Man has to confront his personal abyss at least four times in a lifetime, that is, he has to reconsider his convictions and question his motives in order to achieve maturity (the four ages of man)" (Julien, 5).
Also associated with the 'land of the dead' and the underworld, often Hell, and is identified as the place to which departed spirits might be cast.
Catholic encyclopedia:
(Greek abyssos).
Abyss is primarily and classically an adjective, meaning deep, very deep (Wisd., x, 19; Job, xxxviii, 16). Elsewhere in the Bible, and once in Diog. Laert., it is a substantive. Some thirty times in the Septuagint it is the equivalent of the Hebrew tehom, Assyrian tihamtu, and once each of the Hebrew meculah, "sea-deep", culah, "deep flood", and rachabh, "spacious place". Hence the meanings:
(1) primeval waters;
(2) the waters beneath the earth;
(3) the upper seas and rivers;
(4) the abode of the dead, limbo;
(5) the abode of the evil spirits, hell.
The last two meanings are the only ones found in the New Testament.
Scientific
A particularly deep part of the ocean, between 4,000 and 7,000 m depth.
soporific (adj) causing sleep or making a person want to sleep:
the soporific effect of the heat
soporifically (adv)
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motile (adj) (especially of plants, organisms and very small forms of life) able to move by itself
motility noun [U]
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/defi...2052&dict=CALD
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idol
1. An image used as an object of worship.
A false god.
2. One that is adored, often blindly or excessively.
3. Something visible but without substance.
idolism
The worship of idols.
Idolist
A worshiper of idols
idolater or idolator
1. One who worships idols.
2. One who blindly or excessively admires or adores another
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Hylozoism:
n. belief that all matter has life. hylozoist, n. hylozoistic(al), a.
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April 18th
man·i·fold ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mn-fld)
adj.
Many and varied; of many kinds; multiple: our manifold failings.
Having many features or forms: manifold intelligence.
Being such for a variety of reasons: a manifold traitor.
Consisting of or operating several devices of one kind at the same time.
n.
A whole composed of diverse elements.
One of several copies.
A pipe or chamber having multiple apertures for making connections.
Mathematics. A topological space or surface.
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serendipity noun [U]
the lucky tendency to find interesting or valuable things just by chance
The actress Lana Turner, it is said, was discovered by serendipity at Schwab's Hollywood drug store.
serendipitous adjective
Reading should be an adventure, a personal experience full of serendipitous surprises.
PS: One word I keep looking up in the dictionary... Always reminds me of 'serenity'.
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April 16
defenestrate
v : throw through or out of the window; "The rebels stormed the palace and defenestrated the President
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April 10th: Fangorious
points to anyone who figures out what it means
extra points to anyone who figures out where it came from.
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March 24th
For all those weary of the endless commute from the homely suburbs into the dreary office-pocked metropolis:
Bathysiderodromophobia : noun fear of subways, undergrounds, or metros
Oy :eek:
*blames Ash :lol:*
Are we to send the answers to you via PM? (hint, deleting the attachment would be a good idea in that case :p)
Nice, can we play teachers and students? Pretty please? :D
I am reading enough papers as it is, thank you! You can check your own answers and let us know how you did... If you feel like it! :p
Come on, you could give KitKats instead of grades :p... as I wouldn't be too happy with more Fs :lol: and I could do with a short-term chocolate intake shortage :D
Is it me or are you actually encouraging me to mark your quizes? :eek:
#'s.....20,16,13 11.....stumped me. My left hand quivered, as it was closest to my dictionary, but I fought off the impulse.......and it took willpower to do that. Strange, or maybe not so stange is the power of Conditioning, the pavlovian impulse.......
*bathysiderodromophobia?????????* ...a fear of never having a dictionary handy??
You can thank AP for that one! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by baddad
The answer key is attached by the way... No need for the dictionary.
Well, Scher, you don't just issue a quiz and then think it's gonna be easy! :D
I'm... too lazy :angel: to answer, but I would have problems defining:
jingoist
ubiquitous
motile
bathysideromophobia
syndic
acquiesce
idolator
equanimity
serendipity
sesquipedalian
imvho they're not even words :p
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ begs to differ! :p
It's lying! :lol:
Cornobbled --To hit with a fish.
http://teachers.ocps.net/~kellyd2/mi...rchiveword.htm
Nightshade, unfortunately 'cornobbled' cannot be found in any dictionary. Would you like to replace it with another word? Thank you.
Dear All,
While posting new words in this thread, please clearly state the date you are posting and don't forget that the definition should come from a legitimate online dictionary with the link cited at the end of the post.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/featur...onaryhome.aspx
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://www.webster.com/
Match the words and definitions! (All the words are posted in this thread.)
1. soporific .............................. a. seeming to be in all places
2. entitlement........................... b. To accept or agree to something, often unwillingly
3. jingoist ............................... c. Many and varied
4. defenestrate ........................ d. People who are clever at planning things to get what they want, especially by tricking other people
5. ubiquitous ............................ e. The lucky tendency to find interesting or valuable things just by chance
6. hylozoism ............................. f. Someone who is given to the use of long (often ridiculous) words
7. motile .................................. g. A business agent.
8. cunning ................................ h. Someone who believes that their own country is always best
9. catch-22 .............................. i. Able to move by itself
10. abbys .................................. j. A state of not happening
11. bathysiderodromophobia .......... k. Giving birth to young that have already developed inside the mother's body
12. manifold ............................... l. One who blindly or excessively admires another
13. syndic ................................. m. Throw through or out of the window
14. acquiesce ............................ n. Belief that all matter has life
15. idolator ............................... o. A very deep hole which seems to have no bottom
16. viviparous ............................ p. A contradictory or self-defeating course of action
17. equanimity ........................... q. Causing sleep or making a person want to sleep
18. serendipity ........................... r. Calmness and self-control in a difficult situation
19. abeyance ............................ s. Fear of subways, undergrounds, or metros
20. sesquipedalian ...................... t. Something that you have right to do or have
How did you do? :)
Ok I got 18 (mixed up vivaparous & sesquipadalian)
*finally taking latin at school came in useful for something - defenestrate*
LOL!!! :lol:
getting friendly with onelook.com
comeuppance
deserved fate: something unpleasant, regarded as a just punishment for somebody (informal)
He got his comeuppance in the end.
[Mid-19th century. Formed from come up, probably in the sense “to be tried before a court.”]
come-uppance - noun, informal, humorous
a person's bad luck that is considered to be a fair and deserved punishment for something bad that they have done
She'll get her come-uppance, don't worry.
ostensible adj FORMAL
appearing or claiming to be one thing when it is really something else:
Their ostensible goal was to clean up government corruption, but their real aim was to unseat the government.
ostensibly adv FORMAL
He has spent the past three months in Florida, ostensibly for medical treatment, but in actual fact to avoid prosecution for a series of notorious armed robberies.
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blame ihrocks for calling me names :p... especially ones I don't know :D
an enfant terrible
a famous or successful person who likes to shock people by behaving badly
Jean Paul Gaultier, the enfant terrible of French fashion, arrived at the show wearing a mini kilt.
enfant terrible
noun, plural enfants terribles, formal
a famous or successful person who likes to shock people
In the seventies he was the enfant terrible of the theatre.
wonder why they have two versions of the definition :rolleyes:
pedant noun [C] DISAPPROVING
a person who is too interested in formal rules and small unimportant details
pedantic adjective DISAPPROVING
They were being unnecessarily pedantic (=giving too much attention to formal rules or small details) by insisting that Berry himself, and not his wife, should have made the announcement.
pedantically adverb
pedantry noun [U]
There was a hint of pedantry in his elegant style of speaking.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/defi...key=pedant*1+0
I attempted to use the word soporific in conversation today, drew blank looks from my roommates.
Maybe your conversation had already taken a soporific effect on them? :D
Maybe they thought you were calling them nasty names and didn't want to show you they didn't know how bad it was :p
This is indeed a distinct possibility.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
polyglot adj FORMAL
1. speaking or using several different languages:
She was reading a polyglot bible, with the text in English, Latin and Greek.
2. containing people from many different and distant places:
New York is an exciting polyglot city.
polyglot noun [C] FORMAL
My tutor's something of a polyglot - she speaks seven languages.
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heresy noun
1. [C or U] (the act of having) an opinion or belief that is the opposite of or against what is the official or popular opinion, or an action which shows that you have no respect for the official opinion:
Radical remarks like this amount to heresy for most members of the Republican party.
She committed the heresy of playing a Madonna song on a classical music station.
2. [U] a belief which is against the principles of a particular religion:
He was burned at the stake in the fifteenth century for heresy.
heretic noun [C]
a person who is guilty of heresy
heretical adjective
Her belief that a split would be good for the party was regarded as heretical.
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enunciate verb [I or T]
to pronounce words or parts of words clearly:
He doesn't enunciate (his words) very clearly.
enunciation noun [C or U]
enunciate verb [T]
to state and explain a plan or principle clearly or formally:
In the speech, the leader enunciated his party's proposals for tax reform.
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hubris noun [U] LITERARY
very great pride and belief in your own importance:
He was punished for his hubris.
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incommode - v. cause inconvenience; disturb.
He always incommodes people with his bad breath.
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munchkin
1.A very small person.
2.Informal. A child.
3.Informal. A minor official.
[After the Munchkins, characters in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.]
First source
But in role-playing games, such as LARP or D&D or internet RPG-s, munchkin means:
A munchkin is a player who plays a normally cooperative game exclusively for the purposes of "winning", usually at the cost of the other players' enjoyment of in an RPG or a MUD game. The term is also frequently used in reference to powergamers and to immature players in general.
A more neutral use of the term is in reference to young players, who, not knowing yet how to roleplay, typically obsess about the statistical "power" of their characters rather than developing their characters' fictional "personalities."
Some people say this is a certain stage of a gamer's growth and that if one starts to understand the philosophy behind an RPG, they will stop these kind of Munchkin behaviours.
"He constantly begged the DM for more bonuses and better stats. What a munchkin."
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odious adj FORMAL
extremely unpleasant; causing and deserving hate:
an odious crime
an odious little man
odium noun [U] FORMAL
hate and strong disapproval
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July 10
flapdoodle
also flap-doodle
NOUN: Slang foolish talk; nonsense
I could scarcely bring myself to read his posts, finding them full of so much flapdoodle.
Here ya go!