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RE: Word Fight - 2/4/2006 9:19:41 PM   
Lordandmaster


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Status: offline 		WRONG. Reticent means "disinclined to speak." It is NOT a synonym of "reluctant," thought it's often misused that way.

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Reticent - reluctant. I am reticent to post an answer.


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RE: Word Fight - 2/4/2006 9:21:18 PM   
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ROFL.

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RE: Word Fight - 2/4/2006 9:23:07 PM   
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WRONG. Reticent means "disinclined to speak." It is NOT a synonym of "reluctant," thought it's often misused that way.

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RE: Word Fight - 2/4/2006 9:23:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		Refers to a kind of text that is written down to the end of the line and then back again (instead of starting at the next line and continuing in the same direction), the way an ox would plow a field.

This is an example
.nodehportsoub fo
In English it looks goofy, but in other languages,
.nommocnu ton s'ti ,kreeG ekil

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Boustrophedonic


New word: "consuetudinary"

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RE: Word Fight - 2/4/2006 9:26:52 PM   
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consuetudinary"


oh geesh...I have heard this one one before....I think it refers to a religious book?

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RE: Word Fight - 2/4/2006 9:27:08 PM   
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New word: "consuetudinary"

Lam


Guessing; military title?

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RE: Word Fight - 2/4/2006 9:40:57 PM   
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RE: Word Fight - 2/4/2006 9:59:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		hmm I have heard it before...this is going to kill me now darn it

time to think and figure out where I heard it before

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RE: Word Fight - 2/4/2006 10:04:09 PM   
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consuetudinary


customary

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RE: Word Fight - 2/4/2006 10:53:52 PM   
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WRONG. Reticent means "disinclined to speak." It is NOT a synonym of "reluctant," thought it's often misused that way.


With all due respect LAM I looked "reticent" up in four different dictionaries and "reluctant" was one of the uses in the definition. Now, possibly it has been adapted to mean "reluctant" although I do not profess to be an expert.

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RE: Word Fight - 2/4/2006 11:07:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		"consuetudinary"

It's on the tip of my tingue, but can't place it.. I think it has something to do with to do with instructions for the practices of priests or nuns.

Now, I will go look it up and check myself..and I won't spill the beans, candy.

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RE: Word Fight - 2/4/2006 11:19:20 PM   
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consuetudinary


It means to cook with ordinary suet, but to do it with attitude.

Actually maybemaybenot has it pretty much right, its a manual that details the rituals, etc. of an monastic order.


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RE: Word Fight - 2/5/2006 1:00:52 AM   
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P.S. If a dictionary listed "reluctant" as one of the meanings of "reticent," they're giving in to modern (mis)usage.

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ORIGINAL: IceyOne

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consuetudinary


customary


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RE: Word Fight - 2/5/2006 2:44:44 AM   
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Gauge...Yr cheating. No dictionaries!

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RE: Word Fight - 2/5/2006 7:33:08 AM   
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gafiate

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RE: Word Fight - 2/5/2006 7:41:19 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster

CORRECT! You're next.

P.S. If a dictionary listed "reluctant" as one of the meanings of "reticent," they're giving in to modern (mis)usage.

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ORIGINAL: IceyOne

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consuetudinary


customary




Nope, all four of us are correct. Well, I was 1/2 correct.

I looked it up after giving my answer, and Dictionary.com gave the definition Arpig gave and I had 1/2 right.

Knowing you are a word perfectinist, LAM, I looked farther after reading your post. I found your definition in Wikidpedia and on on Websters site it has Arpigs as the definition and yours and Iceys under specialy definition.

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/Consuetudinary

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RE: Word Fight - 2/5/2006 10:30:36 AM   
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gafiate


this refers to science fiction fan clubs...something about removing yourself from them?

New word: Esculent

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RE: Word Fight - 2/5/2006 10:42:52 AM   
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Gauge...Yr cheating. No dictionaries!


With all due respect my dear Candy, if someone says a word is wrong the ultimate fall back will have to be a dictionary(s). Therefore using a dictionary to prove out the meaning of the word when told it is wrong should be acceptable.

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RE: Word Fight - 2/5/2006 10:44:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		I think that's a technical way of saying "edible" (e.g. "esculent plants"), but I'd have to look it up. I'm not sure.

Edited to add: OK, I looked up "reticent," "gafiate," and "esculent" in OED.

I was right about "esculent."

I have no idea what "gafiate" means, and it's not in OED. Does it mean what IceyOne said?

The OED definition of "reticent" is simple:

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Reserved; disinclined to speak freely; given to silence or concealment.


It doesn't mean "reluctant."

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RE: Word Fight - 2/5/2006 10:58:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		LOL Ok, I actually looked up the correct definition for gafiate; it means

to remove oneself from science-fiction activities...the impression I got though was that removal was through death

I was close...lol, not sure if that counts though

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