juliefa has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 10 lists, listed 134 words, written 20 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 0 words.
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Comments by juliefa
juliefa commented on the list italian--2
Thank you to all of you!
June 10, 2011
juliefa commented on the word lacrymator
Hi,
lacrymator
I believe it is spelled lachrymator (variant of lacrimator).
June 8, 2011
juliefa commented on the list italian--2
Molte grazie!
June 8, 2011
juliefa commented on the list italian--2
punchinello
Etymology: alteration of earlier polichinello, from Italian dialect polecenella, diminutive of Italian pulcino chicken, from Late Latin pullicenus, diminutive of Latin pullus young of an animal, chicken.
Source: http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/
"well known figure from the Commedia dell'Arte, first appeared on the Italian stage sometime in the 17th century".
Ce n'est pas un secret de Polichinelle.
June 8, 2011
juliefa commented on the word crevecoeur
1-Crevecoeur: hen from the village of Crevecoeur in Normandy (poule de Crevecoeur-en-Auge).
2-creve-coeur: heartbreaker
June 8, 2011
juliefa commented on the word subboreal
very cold climate
June 8, 2011
juliefa commented on the word soubresaut
soubresault: saut brusque
June 8, 2011
juliefa commented on the word sangfroid
sang froid... cold blood
June 8, 2011
juliefa commented on the word philobiblist
Greek philobiblos (from phil- + biblos book) + English -ist
A lover of books
June 7, 2011
juliefa commented on the word pontificalibus
the attire or vestments of one's office
"the bishop received him in pontificalibus"
MW
June 7, 2011
juliefa commented on the word pasqueflower
passefleur
June 7, 2011
juliefa commented on the word Weissnitchtwo
Ya, weiss nicht wo
June 7, 2011
juliefa commented on the word fettuccelle
pasta in ribbon shape
June 7, 2011
juliefa commented on the word streuselkuchen
coffee cake baked with a topping of streusel
June 7, 2011
juliefa commented on the word Weissnitchtwo
An indefinite, unknown, or imaginary place.
June 7, 2011
juliefa commented on the word melittologist
It seems like apiology (study of honey bees) is a subspecialty of melittology (study of all bees)
June 7, 2011
juliefa commented on the word melittologist
melittology: the scientific study of bees
June 7, 2011
juliefa commented on the word oophagous
Feeding or living on eggs
June 7, 2011
juliefa commented on the word thaumatology
The study of miracles
From Greek thauma- miracle
June 7, 2011
juliefa commented on the word eremology
the study of desert features
from Greek erem- eremo- : deserts
June 7, 2011