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Gacked from [livejournal.com profile] kristine_smith: Each year, hundreds of words are dropped from the English language. Your job, should you choose to accept it--save one. Just hit the adopt-a-word link, and go from there.

My word is igniparous which means bringing forth fire. Sample usages provided were:
The heroes were scorched by the dragon's igniparous emanation.

We were all amazed at Mr. Copperfield's igniparous act until we discovered a box of matches up his sleeve.


Alternate definitions found on the web include:
1) Producing fire
2) Giving "birth" to fire
3) Experiencing a burning sensation during the birth of a child.

Yeah, not so much on number three.

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Date: 2009-02-12 10:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] melissajm.livejournal.com
Oo, I like this one: boscaresque adj 1734 -1734
picturesque; scenically wooded
Despite northern England's industrial pollution, parts of it remain boscaresque.

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Date: 2009-02-12 10:52 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] larryhammer
Presumably related to bosque. (Curiously, hardly any dictionary has that definition, though it's common usage in the Southwest US, taken straight from Spanish.)

---L.

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Date: 2009-02-12 10:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] melissajm.livejournal.com
And...

Bosky
Bosk"y\, a. [Cf. Bushy.]

1. Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets. --Milton.

2. Caused by boscage.

Darkened over by long bosky shadows. --H. James.

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Date: 2009-02-17 04:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shannachie.livejournal.com
Yeah! I understood it right away. I am so proud. - NOt bad for someone who is not a native English speaker.

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Date: 2009-02-17 04:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pbray.livejournal.com
Excellent!

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Date: 2009-02-17 10:29 pm (UTC)

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