Tim Lodge
September 19th, 2007, 05:03 AM
To me, all 15 defs for PROPERISPOMENON seem pretty believable! Vote
for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one),
before the deadline of
19:00 BST on Thursday 20 September, which is
18:00 UTC
2:00 PM EDT
11:00 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
** PROPERISPOMENON **
1: Writing alternate lines in opposite directions.
2: A beneficent spirit inhabiting streams and rivers.
3: Correct manner of greeting a newly arrived stranger.
4: Loathsome dirt or refuse; something morally degrading.
5: A group of several items from which one must be selected.
6: A poem that returns to its starting point and so is endless.
7: A word having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable.
8: A kind of support bracket similar to a corbel, but made of wood.
9: A Greek statue depicting Hermes, commonly found along major
roadways.
10: A measure of the perspective distortion caused by the curvature of
a lens.
11: An early device for curling hair using direct electric current,
patented in 1882.
12: [Gk.] a protruding knob on a chariot that allowed passengers to
stablilze themselves.
13: A dog-grooming style similar to the poodle cut, but without poofs
on the feet and tail.
14: In philosophy, an object as it is in itself independent of the
mind, as opposed to a phenomenon.
15: A cloud resembling a cirrus, showing iridescent coloration when
the sun is several degrees below the horizon.
16: A literary construction in which the parts of a well-known phrase
are re-arranged, e.g., "eighty around-the-world days."
for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one),
before the deadline of
19:00 BST on Thursday 20 September, which is
18:00 UTC
2:00 PM EDT
11:00 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
** PROPERISPOMENON **
1: Writing alternate lines in opposite directions.
2: A beneficent spirit inhabiting streams and rivers.
3: Correct manner of greeting a newly arrived stranger.
4: Loathsome dirt or refuse; something morally degrading.
5: A group of several items from which one must be selected.
6: A poem that returns to its starting point and so is endless.
7: A word having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable.
8: A kind of support bracket similar to a corbel, but made of wood.
9: A Greek statue depicting Hermes, commonly found along major
roadways.
10: A measure of the perspective distortion caused by the curvature of
a lens.
11: An early device for curling hair using direct electric current,
patented in 1882.
12: [Gk.] a protruding knob on a chariot that allowed passengers to
stablilze themselves.
13: A dog-grooming style similar to the poodle cut, but without poofs
on the feet and tail.
14: In philosophy, an object as it is in itself independent of the
mind, as opposed to a phenomenon.
15: A cloud resembling a cirrus, showing iridescent coloration when
the sun is several degrees below the horizon.
16: A literary construction in which the parts of a well-known phrase
are re-arranged, e.g., "eighty around-the-world days."