Dodi Schultz
December 10th, 2005, 01:08 PM
Interesting. Verrrrrry interesting. Several of you commented that, funny,
it sounded like a word you OUGHT to have heard or THINK you've heard but
never did. Yeah. Don't you love words like that?
Here's your chance to see if any bells actually clang for you. One of the
21 items below is in fact the dictionary definition of FICTILE. You have
two chances to hit that one. Post your guesses, by public reply to this
message, no later than Sunday 11 December, 11:30 p.m. EST.
Didn't submit a def? You can still vote. New players can jump in now, too.
Since dealers, including me, so often post the defs in order from shortest
to longest, I thought I'd reverse that this time.
--DS
1. _Rom hist_ likely as a candidate for (office); usu. in phr. _a
fictile emperor_ (tr. of _imperator fictilis_) [L. _fictilis_, "that
can be made"]
2. tissue which sheathes and protects a bone and its adjacent tendons.
3. a false representation in order to gain a financial advantage.
4. a range of one third, by analogy with quartile and quintile.
5. _Bot_ bearing fruit in clusters of varying size.
6. excessively sensitive to the touch; very fragile.
7. an ore of titanium (a form of titanium dioxide).
8. capable of being shaped or molded; malleable.
9. accomplished by stitching or sewing.
10. having tightly overlapping scales.
11. capable of being made or produced.
12. apparently without useful result.
13. a prolific writer of fiction.
14. having an abrasive quality.
15. made of clay by a potter.
16. characterized by tremors.
17. capable of being faxed.
18. capable of being fixed.
19. open to change.
20. crisp; brittle.
21. imaginary.
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it sounded like a word you OUGHT to have heard or THINK you've heard but
never did. Yeah. Don't you love words like that?
Here's your chance to see if any bells actually clang for you. One of the
21 items below is in fact the dictionary definition of FICTILE. You have
two chances to hit that one. Post your guesses, by public reply to this
message, no later than Sunday 11 December, 11:30 p.m. EST.
Didn't submit a def? You can still vote. New players can jump in now, too.
Since dealers, including me, so often post the defs in order from shortest
to longest, I thought I'd reverse that this time.
--DS
1. _Rom hist_ likely as a candidate for (office); usu. in phr. _a
fictile emperor_ (tr. of _imperator fictilis_) [L. _fictilis_, "that
can be made"]
2. tissue which sheathes and protects a bone and its adjacent tendons.
3. a false representation in order to gain a financial advantage.
4. a range of one third, by analogy with quartile and quintile.
5. _Bot_ bearing fruit in clusters of varying size.
6. excessively sensitive to the touch; very fragile.
7. an ore of titanium (a form of titanium dioxide).
8. capable of being shaped or molded; malleable.
9. accomplished by stitching or sewing.
10. having tightly overlapping scales.
11. capable of being made or produced.
12. apparently without useful result.
13. a prolific writer of fiction.
14. having an abrasive quality.
15. made of clay by a potter.
16. characterized by tremors.
17. capable of being faxed.
18. capable of being fixed.
19. open to change.
20. crisp; brittle.
21. imaginary.
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