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Day: April 5, 2007

I have never seen this word.

April 5, 2007 ~ Bob ~ Leave a comment

The most recent quotation listed by the OED is from 1817. And a Google search turns up only instances of the Latin word and definitions and quotations. I can't find a recent original use. And yet, the word is not listed as obsolete, rare or archaic. Odd, neh? It's another word that ought to get … Continue reading I have never seen this word.

Not the meaning I would have guessed.

April 5, 2007 ~ Bob ~ Leave a comment

This word is too ridiculous-looking to pass up.absquatulate, v.[A factitious word, simulating a L. form (cf. abscond, gratulate) of American origin, and jocular use.]To make off, decamp.

A note in passing.

April 5, 2007 ~ Bob ~ Leave a comment

This isn't a word post, per se, it's more of a bonus regarding something I noticed while reading. The OED has 25 words on "absorb" and it's variants and related words. That's all.

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