Page 133 (chapter "Infinitesimal") of "Elegance of the Hedgehog": "At the moment he is enduring Jacinthe Rosen's pithiatic prattling." Found the word in SOED but not MW-3. I was mostly curious to see whether anyone else has asked wordnik; in fact, I am just the second.
Not only have I seen this word before, but you give a lovely Flickr image of it -- thanks! (And I just love the anagram "misusance".) Per flickr, it's a Dark mongoose.
Oxford lists "face down", American Heritage shows "face-down", but this appears to be the most common spelling nowadays. (I read a lot of murder mysteries.)
P.S. Methinks "archaic" words are still used -- "obsolete" words are the ones not used.
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dlpratt commented on the word pithiatic
Page 133 (chapter "Infinitesimal") of "Elegance of the Hedgehog": "At the moment he is enduring Jacinthe Rosen's pithiatic prattling." Found the word in SOED but not MW-3. I was mostly curious to see whether anyone else has asked wordnik; in fact, I am just the second.
September 9, 2009
dlpratt commented on the word IRONIC
Not only have I seen this word before, but you give a lovely Flickr image of it -- thanks! (And I just love the anagram "misusance".) Per flickr, it's a Dark mongoose.
May 18, 2009
dlpratt commented on the word facedown
Oxford lists "face down", American Heritage shows "face-down", but this appears to be the most common spelling nowadays. (I read a lot of murder mysteries.)
P.S. Methinks "archaic" words are still used -- "obsolete" words are the ones not used.
May 16, 2009
dlpratt commented on the word aquiesced
typo for acquiesced
May 16, 2009
dlpratt commented on the word Scientist
According to Australian Oxford, it is Aust. colloq. for knowledgeable or alert (to the possibilities of a situation).
May 16, 2009