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D*BOBU*E -- Play of DISCOMBOBULATE. Play long, real words with WildWords.
D*BOBU*E -- Play of DISCOMBOBULATE. Play long, real words with WildWords.
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Jan 16, 2019
This week’s themeAdjectives
This week’s words
allicient
cernuous
xanthic
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with Anu Gargxanthic
PRONUNCIATION:
(ZAN-thik) 
MEANING:
adjective: Yellow or yellowish.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek xanthos (yellow). Earliest documented use: 1817. Two related words are xanthodontous (having yellow teeth) and Xanthippe (a nagging woman).
USAGE:
“It became denser, became a yellow fog of tiny, xanthic atoms, dancing endlessly.”
Jack Williamson; Golden Blood; Tamerland Press; 1978.
Jack Williamson; Golden Blood; Tamerland Press; 1978.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe. -Robert Service, writer (16 Jan 1874-1958)
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