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Another silly game - JJB - 01-10-2020
I have a dictionary by my bed (well, doesn't everyone?) If I come across a word when reading in bed that I've not met before or can't remember the meaning of I look it up.
Now, I don't expect this to be an everyday occurrence but if we post any words that crop up that are unusual we could see whether they are strange to each other and maybe spark a conversation.
A recent word I had to look up was
CONTRAPUNTAL
without googling anyone know what it means?
Perhaps we ought to explain the context too. I read this in relation to a heartbeat.
Another word that flummoxed OH the other evening was
APPURTENANCES
In relation to dismantling a steam engine and all its appurtenances.
Alternatively we could think up (real) words that might stump the rest of us which we could guess the meaning without the use of the internet
RE: Another silly game - Veggie - 01-10-2020
Contrapuntal sounds like Counterpoint - the opposite thingy that balances summat/
Appurtenances are all the associated bits and pieces - I think I've come across it in old wills where someone leaves and item/property and all its appurtenances.
RE: Another silly game - JJB - 01-10-2020
Exactly right V. Initially I verbalised contrapuntal similarly to contraption, but got my head around it and as you say it's all about counterpoint.
I'll have to think up some more.
RE: Another silly game - JJB - 01-10-2020
Here's another one
GNOMIC
this stumped me. It was a comment on my son's art homework several years ago, referring to his rendition of the Mona Lisa
RE: Another silly game - Jimny14 - 01-10-2020
I know contrapuntal from music (a piece of music with two melodies played at the same time), appurtenances I didn't know but would guess it had the same root as apparatus.
Gnomic I've heard of as in gnome like, or when referred to speech or a saying meaning that it seems to sound wise but you dont understand it.
RE: Another silly game - Jimny14 - 01-10-2020
Here's one for people to ponder that I learnt through my work.
Saggital.
RE: Another silly game - Veggie - 01-10-2020
I'm guessing it summat to do with teeth or jaws - maybe the bite?
RE: Another silly game - Veggie - 01-10-2020
(01-10-2020, 07:54 PM)Veggie Wrote: I'm guessing it summat to do with teeth or jaws - maybe the bite?Having just looked it up..........WRONG!!
RE: Another silly game - Jimny14 - 01-10-2020
Yep sorry veggie, not teeth related.
RE: Another silly game - JJB - 01-10-2020
Computer or programming related? I'm trying very hard not to Google