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ventaToday's word from The Calendar:
vitulation
Which means:
"a rejoicing like a calf"
(from Henry Cockeram's Interpreter of Hard English Words, 1623. It's apparently derived from the Latin, vitulinus, meaning of or belonging to a calf.)
So there you go. Vitulation. Use it three times in conversation today, and once in your LJ.
I'm impressed. As a word, it's so unlikely that even I'm not sure I can think of a conceivable use for it.
vitulation
Which means:
"a rejoicing like a calf"
(from Henry Cockeram's Interpreter of Hard English Words, 1623. It's apparently derived from the Latin, vitulinus, meaning of or belonging to a calf.)
So there you go. Vitulation. Use it three times in conversation today, and once in your LJ.
I'm impressed. As a word, it's so unlikely that even I'm not sure I can think of a conceivable use for it.
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Date: 2004-07-02 04:52 am (UTC)But really, would anyone actually need to say "shaped like a small rod" ?
Not that I'm suggesting the word shouldn't exist, of course. Just I'm rather surprised it ever came into being long enough and usefully enough to make it into the dictionary.
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Date: 2004-07-02 05:07 am (UTC)I think that would be a blokes thing. Locker room banter.
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Date: 2004-07-02 05:09 am (UTC):)