[Dixonary] Round 2071: PALUDAL defs up--Vote now!

[Scott Crom]

Here, somewhat later than I'd intended, are 16 plausible
definitions of PALUDAL, all but one of which are imposters. Please
cast your two votes (by public response to this message) for those
you regard as most plausible, by the deadline of:

2000 hours, aka 8:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time.
Other zones, other times.

Good luck, and enjoy!

1. [of water] A state of being over-rich in organic and mineral
nutrients which promote plant life at the expense of animal
life.

2. Any of several varieties of Holothurian (sea cucumber)
harvested principally for their supposed healing properties.

3. _India & Pakistan_ A sycophant, toady, or hanger-on [from the
Hindi and Urdu word for 'spoon'].

4. [Geol.] A layer of soil laid down by the spreading of an
ancient river into a delta.

5. Of, or like, a soft material which has hardened or petrified.

6. Ingenious and complex in design or function.

7. Excessively flowery or verbose, as speech.

8. Of or pert. to marshes or fens; marshy.

9. Of, or resembling, a bier or coffin.

10. (of a disease) Carried by parasites.

11. Having a low or squat appearance.

12. Of or related to errant knights.

13. Having a slightly shiny finish.

14. Of or pertaining to malaria.

15. adj. Referring to a palace.

16. Having rounded edges.

Scott, dealer pro tem

[Toni Savage]

6 and 15... just in case you're fooling us...


-- Toni Savage


--- On Sat, 1/9/10, Scott Crom <croms (AT) beloit (DOT) edu> wrote:

> From: Scott Crom <croms (AT) beloit (DOT) edu>
> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2071: PALUDAL defs up--Vote now!
> To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com, croms (AT) beloit (DOT) edu
> Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010, 9:54 AM
> Here, somewhat later than I'd
> intended, are 16 plausible
> definitions of PALUDAL, all but one of which are imposters.
> Please
> cast your two votes (by public response to this message)
> for those
> you regard as most plausible, by the deadline of:
>
> * * 2000 hours, aka 8:00 pm, Eastern Standard
> Time.
> * * Other zones, other times.
>
> * * Good luck, and enjoy!
>
> * 1. [of water] A state of being over-rich in organic
> and mineral
> * ***nutrients which promote plant life
> at the expense of animal
> * ***life.
>
> * 2. Any of several varieties of Holothurian (sea
> cucumber)
> * ***harvested principally for their
> supposed healing properties.
>
> * 3. _India & Pakistan_ A sycophant, toady, or
> hanger-on [from the
> * ***Hindi and Urdu word for 'spoon'].
>
> * 4. [Geol.] A layer of soil laid down by the
> spreading of an
> * ***ancient river into a delta.
>
> * 5. Of, or like, a soft material which has hardened
> or petrified.
>
> * 6. Ingenious and complex in design or function.
>
> * 7. Excessively flowery or verbose, as speech.
>
> * 8. Of or pert. to marshes or fens; marshy.
>
> * 9. Of, or resembling, a bier or coffin.
>
> 10. (of a disease) Carried by parasites.
>
> 11. Having a low or squat appearance.
>
> 12. Of or related to errant knights.
>
> 13. Having a slightly shiny finish.
>
> 14. Of or pertaining to malaria.
>
> 15. adj. Referring to a palace.
>
> 16. Having rounded edges.
>
> Scott, dealer pro tem
>
>

[Tim B]

9 and 15, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[France International]

I'll go for 8 and 10.

[EnDash@aol.com]

First and last for me: numbers 1 and 16

-- Dick Weltz


In a message dated 1/9/2010 9:54:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
croms (AT) beloit (DOT) edu writes:

Here, somewhat later than I'd intended, are 16 plausible
definitions of PALUDAL, all but one of which are imposters.

[Dave Cunningham]

8 and 9 sans reason - and early as always. Um -- what day is the deadline?


Dave

[Dodi Schultz]

I don't know about all 16 being plausible--but yes, at least 13 or 14 certainly are!
Very difficult choice.

My&nbsp; wild guesses, having no clue whatever:
&nbsp; &nbsp; 5. Of, or like, a soft material which has hardened or petrified.
and
&nbsp; &nbsp; 7. Excessively flowery or verbose, as speech.
--Dodi

[Daniel B. Widdis]

4 and 13 please

--
Dan

[Tim Lodge]

Scott

I'm up the creek without a paludal here, but I'll guess at:

3 and 14 please.

-- Tim

[Millie Morgan]

No idea!
Maybe 6 or 7?

> 6. Ingenious and complex in design or function.
> 7. Excessively flowery or verbose, as speech.


Millie

[Chuck]

Scott-

In case you meant today, how about -

7. Excessively flowery or verbose, as speech.

and

9. Of, or resembling, a bier or coffin.

Thanks,

Chuck

[Paul Keating]

When at a loss I normally go along with vox pop. But this time it appears
that Pop hasn't a clue.

I admire word choices that elicit defs that have the players voting all over
the place.

I vote for the unpopular 2 and 11.

That leaves only one person to vote for the knights errant (12) and then
Scott will have a complete set!

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 4 and 12.

Guerri

Scott Crom wrote:
>
> 4. [Geol.] A layer of soil laid down by the spreading of an
> ancient river into a delta.
>
> 12. Of or related to errant knights.

[Nancy Shepherdson]

Like everyone else, no clue: 4 and 10.

Nancy

On Jan 9, 8:54*am, Scott Crom <cr... (AT) beloit (DOT) edu> wrote:
> Here, somewhat later than I'd intended, are 16 plausible
> definitions of PALUDAL, all but one of which are imposters. Please
> cast your two votes (by public response to this message) for those
> you regard as most plausible, by the deadline of:
>
> * * *2000 hours, aka 8:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time.
> * * *Other zones, other times.
>
> * * *Good luck, and enjoy!
>
> * *1. [of water] A state of being over-rich in organic and mineral
> * * * nutrients which promote plant life at the expense of animal
> * * * life.
>
> * *2. Any of several varieties of Holothurian (sea cucumber)
> * * * harvested principally for their supposed healing properties.
>
> * *3. _India & Pakistan_ A sycophant, toady, or hanger-on [from the
> * * * Hindi and Urdu word for 'spoon'].
>
> * *4. [Geol.] A layer of soil laid down by the spreading of an
> * * * ancient river into a delta.
>
> * *5. Of, or like, a soft material which has hardened or petrified.
>
> * *6. Ingenious and complex in design or function.
>
> * *7. Excessively flowery or verbose, as speech.
>
> * *8. Of or pert. to marshes or fens; marshy.
>
> * *9. Of, or resembling, a bier or coffin.
>
> * 10. (of a disease) Carried by parasites.
>
> * 11. Having a low or squat appearance.
>
> * 12. Of or related to errant knights.
>
> * 13. Having a slightly shiny finish.
>
> * 14. Of or pertaining to malaria.
>
> * 15. adj. Referring to a palace.
>
> * 16. Having rounded edges.
>
> Scott, dealer pro tem

[Chris Carson]

11 and 13 seem strange enough.

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 9, 2010, at 9:54 AM, Scott Crom <croms (AT) beloit (DOT) edu> wrote:

> Here, somewhat later than I'd intended, are 16 plausible
> definitions of PALUDAL, all but one of which are imposters. Please
> cast your two votes (by public response to this message) for those
> you regard as most plausible, by the deadline of:
>
> 2000 hours, aka 8:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time.
> Other zones, other times.
>
> Good luck, and enjoy!
>
> 1. [of water] A state of being over-rich in organic and mineral
> nutrients which promote plant life at the expense of animal
> life.
>
> 2. Any of several varieties of Holothurian (sea cucumber)
> harvested principally for their supposed healing properties.
>
> 3. _India & Pakistan_ A sycophant, toady, or hanger-on [from the
> Hindi and Urdu word for 'spoon'].
>
> 4. [Geol.] A layer of soil laid down by the spreading of an
> ancient river into a delta.
>
> 5. Of, or like, a soft material which has hardened or petrified.
>
> 6. Ingenious and complex in design or function.
>
> 7. Excessively flowery or verbose, as speech.
>
> 8. Of or pert. to marshes or fens; marshy.
>
> 9. Of, or resembling, a bier or coffin.
>
> 10. (of a disease) Carried by parasites.
>
> 11. Having a low or squat appearance.
>
> 12. Of or related to errant knights.
>
> 13. Having a slightly shiny finish.
>
> 14. Of or pertaining to malaria.
>
> 15. adj. Referring to a palace.
>
> 16. Having rounded edges.
>
> Scott, dealer pro tem
>
>

[Jim Hart]

I'll risk marshy malaria with 8 and 14


Jim

[Tony Abell]

I'll take 3 and 8 for absolutely no reason whatsoever:


> 3. _India & Pakistan_ A sycophant, toady, or hanger-on [from the
> Hindi and Urdu word for 'spoon'].

> 8. Of or pert. to marshes or fens; marshy.

[Russ Heimerson]

Randomly, #4 and #6, please.

Russ