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Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

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Algot Runeman wrote:mouchoir
Mouchoirs, discreetly wafting a subtle perfume, have actually had an important romantic use.

Haven't you ever seen a movie where a lady pretends to inadvertently drop a mouchoir, to be picked up, ostentatiously sniffed and, with a flourish, handed back to her by the unwitting but charmed future male conquest? The Musketeer movies, you know.

There should be mouchoir-dropping and -retrieving emojis depicting just that.

Though I can well imagine Groucho Marx, the cad, sniffing it and sneezing in it before handing it back. :twisted:
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Say it isn't so, Groucho!
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sabretache
noun
historical
A flat satchel on long straps worn by some cavalry and horse artillery officers from the left of the waist-belt.

Origin
Early 19th century: from French, from German Säbeltasche, from Säbel sabre + Tasche pocket.
Pronunciation: sabretache/ˈsabətaʃ/

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Hannes wore his uniform with pride. It never occurred to him that his sabretache would eventually be viewed as a man-purse. But come on! There's no way those uniform pants he wore could have any pockets in them.

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Algot Runeman wrote:sabretache
Depending on the placement of the sabretache, it could also be a cache-sexe or a sporran.
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lawnmower

noun
A machine for cutting the grass on a lawn.

Pronunciation: lawnmower/ˈlɔːnməʊə/

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Stan, always eager to avoid work, "invented" the perfect lawnmower/cheesemaker.

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emargination

noun
notch or indent along a flight feather's edge, or at the tip of a leaf
pronunciation \(ˌ)ē-ˌmär-jə-ˈnā-shən\

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The pattern of colors and edge form helps Tom identify feathers moulted from a bird. Similarly, his brother, Joe, who is a botanist, uses vein patterns and emargination as an aid to identifying a plant.

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metate

Pronunciation: metate/məˈtɑːteɪ/
noun
(in Central America) a flat or slightly hollowed oblong stone on which materials such as grain and cocoa are ground using a smaller stone.
‘she ground the corn on a metate’

Origin
From American Spanish, from Nahuatl métatl.

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Maria enjoyed the traditional ways, grinding the corn on the metate, for her tortillas. She daydreamed of Juan, of course.

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Algot Runeman wrote:metate
Many cultures saw the primitive metate mutate into the more modern mortar and pestle.

There's the African communal mortar,
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the pharmacist's tool,
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dad's (and mom's) kitchen utensils,
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and the Mexican molcajete.
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And then, finally and fatally, there is the unforgettable Vessle With The Pestle.
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crostini

[kraw-stee-nee, kro-]

plural noun, singular crostino [kraw-stee-noh, kro-]
1. canapés made of thin pieces of toast.
2. croutons used as a garnish.

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Carl's crostini were not designed for dainty fingers. They were not few nor teeny. That his dinner crowd was the team's offensive and defensive football lineman might explain it.

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incivility

noun
1 [mass noun] Rude or unsociable speech or behaviour.
‘absenteeism and incivility were not tolerated’

1.1 [count noun]An impolite or offensive comment.
‘he deserved to be put in his place after all the incivilities he'd been hurling at her’

Origin
Mid 16th century: from French incivilité or late Latin incivilitas, from Latin incivilis, from in- not + civilis of a citizen (see civil).

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Sam could not believe how Carlo embraced his incivility. Carlo wasn't satisfied to win a trivial argument. He always had to have the last, usually unkind, word.

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Algot Runeman wrote:incivility
Actually curses, invectives, incivility are some of the things that rub me the wrong way, even when not directed at me.

That's why I stopped watching the TV show "Dexter" by its season 3 and why I left "The Boss" after barely 15 minutes or so.
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“Profanity is the effort of a feeble brain to express itself forcibly.”

― Spencer W. Kimball
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ambigu

noun. An entertainment or feast consisting, not of regular courses, but of a medley of dishes set on the table together.

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John was not so impressed by the ambigu. To him, it seemed no more fancy than a regular buffet.

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standardize

[stan-der-dahyz]

verb (used with object), standardized, standardizing.
1. to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like:
to standardize manufactured parts.
2. to compare with or test by a standard.
3. to choose or establish a standard for.
verb (used without object), standardized, standardizing.
4. to become standardized.
Also, especially British, standardise.

Origin of standardize
1870-75; standard + -ize

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Try as he might, Joe could not make the metric nut fit onto the SAE bolt. Their standardized threads were close, but they did not match.

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I try to prevent the WOTD to become standardized to Algot posting it and EPS answering it by puttting a post when I have inspiration. I just lack imagination to find more ideas relevant to current WOTD.

Incidentally, i just checked: ambigu in english can only be a noun, never an adjective as in french. Its meaning in english as a noun, however, is more ambiguous than Algot wrote: besides a type of meal, it can also mean a card game.
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transdermal

Pronunciation: /ˌtranzˈdəːməl//trɑːnzˈdəːməl//ˌtransdəːməl//ˌtrɑːnsdəːməl/
adjective
Relating to or denoting the application of a medicine or drug through the skin, typically by using an adhesive patch, so that it is absorbed slowly into the body.

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Hank is a "maker" though he does not fiddle much with 3-D printing or electronics. He is proud of his transdermal patch which delivers a steady flow of alcohol into his system and avoids any smell of it on his breath.

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clinquant

Pronunciation: clinquant/ˈkliNGkənt/
adjective
Glittering with gold and silver; tinseled.
noun
1 Imitation gold leaf.
1.1 Literary or artistic tinsel; false glitter.

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Jerry's effort to make a clinquant fir bough was, at best, mediocre.

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partible
adjective
Law
Involving or denoting a system of inheritance in which a deceased person's estate is divided equally among the heirs.
‘the entire family lost status as a consequence of partible inheritance’

Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense ‘able to be parted’): from late Latin partibilis, from Latin partiri divide into parts.

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Judge Jameson evenly partitioned the partible estate of the Thompsons in accordance with current laws. They had 12 children. As a result, each one got 1/12 of the proceeds from the sale of the single acre of swampy land and absorbed the costs of hauling away the decrepit single-wide mobile home. Each child wound up with about $1234.51 and some of the candy bars from the freezer.

[It always seems silly when a person says "about" and then quotes an exact number. That's why I did it here, to be silly. Live with it!]

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Algot Runeman wrote:partible
I'm not partial to a partible inheritance.

Even partible Nuttychocs could not entice me to bite.
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gyroscope

Pronunciation: /ˈdʒʌɪrəskəʊp/
noun
A device consisting of a wheel or disc mounted so that it can spin rapidly about an axis which is itself free to alter in direction. The orientation of the axis is not affected by tilting of the mounting, so gyroscopes can be used to provide stability or maintain a reference direction in navigation systems, automatic pilots, and stabilizers.
→ gyro

Origin
Mid 19th century: from French, from Greek guros a ring + modern Latin scopium (see -scope).

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Carter created his own gyroscope with his 3D printer, some stiff wire and a slab of iron from which he made the heavy rotor. It worked well enough for a demonstration.

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Algot Runeman wrote:gyroscope
A gyroscope would be redundant in my little car. I have 3 GPS navigators to show me where I am and point the way to my destination.

Are some ships and airplanes still relying on inertial navigation, except as a reserve standby system?

And then there's always the "wet finger" method ...
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substantive

[suhb-stuh n-tiv]
noun, Grammar.
1. a noun.
2. a pronoun or other word or phrase functioning or inflected like a noun.
adjective
3.Grammar.
pertaining to substantives.
used in a sentence like a noun: a substantive adjective.
expressing existence: “to be” is a substantive verb.
4. having independent existence; independent.
5.belonging to the real nature or essential part of a thing; essential.
6.real or actual.
7.of considerable amount or quantity.
8.possessing substance; having practical importance, value, or effect:
substantive issues under discussion.
9.Law. pertaining to the rules of right which courts are called on to apply, as distinguished from rules of procedure (opposed to adjective ).

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Sydnee noted that substantive is a really substantive word with all nine of its definitions used frequently in actual writings by actual, substantive people. Why, even ordinary yokels use it once in a while. Really! She also hoped it was not doomed to become a marketer's word like "epic" or "event" or "select". There is probably little chance of that, though. Substantive has three syllables, probably too long for a marketer. Even body builders are substantive...in their own way.

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Algot Runeman wrote:substantive
[suhb-stuh n-tiv]
noun, Grammar.
1. a noun.
2. a pronoun or other word or phrase functioning or inflected like a noun.
adjective
3.Grammar.
pertaining to substantives.
used in a sentence like a noun: a substantive adjective.
expressing existence: “to be” is a substantive verb.
4. having independent existence; independent.
5.belonging to the real nature or essential part of a thing; essential.
6.real or actual.
7.of considerable amount or quantity.
8.possessing substance; having practical importance, value, or effect:
substantive issues under discussion.
9.Law. pertaining to the rules of right which courts are called on to apply, as distinguished from rules of procedure (opposed to adjective ).
10. Metaphor. Just like only full-bodied wines appear in a sommelier's list, only substantive words are served in the WotD.
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"Full bodied" Bravo, E.P.S. :clap:
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hubbly

[huhb-lee]
adjective
1. of uneven surface; rough: hubbly ice; a hubbly road.

Origin of hubbly
1865-1870
1865-70, Americanism; perhaps hub (in the sense of protuberance) + -ly; cognate with Dutch hobbelig rugged

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At the end of winter, the road into town was always hubbly. It was inevitable that the surface became rough and uneven as a result of the frost heaves. The spring rains changed the knobby surface into wheel-gripping ruts, and by the end of summer, the road was a dusty washboard. Strange as it might seem, the road was most comfortably passable in winter with the horse pulling the sleigh over the slippery snow.

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