Tim Lodge
August 23rd, 2006, 02:42 PM
Here are 20 amazing definitions of the word SINGULTOUS.
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New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
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-- Tim L
** SINGULTOUS **
1: living in mud.
2: furry or tufted.
3: to belch repeatedly.
4: prophetic; oracular.
5: lacking presence; unassuming.
6: narrowly focussed; exclusive.
7: heavily coated with dried mud.
8: occurring singly, not in groups.
9: _rare._ elegiac [L. _singultus_ sob]
10: relating to, or affected with, hiccough.
11: having an ethereal or ghostly appearance.
12: rather steep; precipitous, as a descent.
13: _joc._ poor; needy, moneyless, spendthrift.
14: a small brownish bird of the family Fringillidae.
15: (of seed pods) having a grooved or furrowed surface.
16: unopened bud of a flower; ornament shaped like a bud.
17: having a single host through the course of the life cycle.
18: (_Med._) covered with a dark red rash often containing small
pustules.
19: heraldic: descriptive of an animal or bird without gule; i.e.
with closed mouth.
20: proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously.
"That singultous pace and pedetentous mind in which it behooves the
wise and virtuous improver to walk." --Sydney Smith.
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to
this one), before the deadline of:
09:00 BST on Friday 25th August, which is
08:00 UTC
4:00 AM EDT
1:00 AM PDT, all on the same day
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious,
are at http://tinyurl.com/br3oc
-- Tim L
** SINGULTOUS **
1: living in mud.
2: furry or tufted.
3: to belch repeatedly.
4: prophetic; oracular.
5: lacking presence; unassuming.
6: narrowly focussed; exclusive.
7: heavily coated with dried mud.
8: occurring singly, not in groups.
9: _rare._ elegiac [L. _singultus_ sob]
10: relating to, or affected with, hiccough.
11: having an ethereal or ghostly appearance.
12: rather steep; precipitous, as a descent.
13: _joc._ poor; needy, moneyless, spendthrift.
14: a small brownish bird of the family Fringillidae.
15: (of seed pods) having a grooved or furrowed surface.
16: unopened bud of a flower; ornament shaped like a bud.
17: having a single host through the course of the life cycle.
18: (_Med._) covered with a dark red rash often containing small
pustules.
19: heraldic: descriptive of an animal or bird without gule; i.e.
with closed mouth.
20: proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously.
"That singultous pace and pedetentous mind in which it behooves the
wise and virtuous improver to walk." --Sydney Smith.