Game: Caladont

DaemianLucifer · Unread postby **DaemianLucifer** » 31 Jul 2006, 20:32

smithereens

As for ionic,ionization,yes,those are two different words,both acceptable.In fact,I think both were used in round 3.

Words used:
Gyttja,jaded,dedication,ionization,onerous,singer,ingerminate,nates,testudo,tudor,
dormitory,toryism,smithereens

Preliminary score:
Corribus - 7
soupnazii - 7
DaemianLucifer - 5
eekstah - 4
Gaidal Cain - 4
urbanmonk - 4
Phobos - 3
theGryphon - 3
vaudy - 2

Paulus1 · Unread postby **Paulus1** » 31 Jul 2006, 20:35

ryegrass

whole word used

and opened the field for next person...

DaemianLucifer · Unread postby **DaemianLucifer** » 31 Jul 2006, 20:42

Sorry paulus,but GC was faster then me.Though the mighty edit spell rules

Corribus · Unread postby **Corribus** » 31 Jul 2006, 20:43

I'm guessing Paulus1 was late, so following DL's Smithereens:

ensured

Gaidal Cain · Unread postby **Gaidal Cain** » 31 Jul 2006, 20:48

DL: check my comment about the word Tudor. AFAIK, it's always used as a proper name (least obvious is in uses as a "Tudor house").

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 31 Jul 2006, 20:50

redactor

Tudor can also be an adjective relating to a style of architecture in England in the 15th century.

DaemianLucifer · Unread postby **DaemianLucifer** » 31 Jul 2006, 20:50

Gaidal Cain wrote:DL: check my comment about the word Tudor. AFAIK, it's always used as a proper name (least obvious is in uses as a "Tudor house").

I already did.And it seems it can be used as a style of dress as well,so its acceptable.

Gaidal Cain · Unread postby **Gaidal Cain** » 31 Jul 2006, 21:26

The Free Dictonary wrote:Adj. 1. Tudor - of or relating to a style of architecture in England in the 15th century; "half-timbered Tudor houses"; "Tudor furniture"

Merriam-Webster wrote:Main Entry: Tu·dor
Pronunciation: 'tü-d&r, 'tyü-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Henry Tudor (Henry VII of England)
1 : of or relating to the English royal house that ruled from 1485 to 1603
2 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tudor period
- Tudor noun

Wikipedia on adjective wrote: Adjectival use of nouns

English (like some other Germanic languages) is unusual in that it allows nouns to be used adjectivally (i.e., in function they are "adjectives", in structure they are nouns), as in

a Georgia peach

or

his farewell letter.

In other languages, some sort of grammatical functor between the two nouns may be required.

These attributive nouns are not classed as adjectives, and they cannot be used in post-position; while the majority of adjectives can function both attributively and predicatively, an attributive noun cannot be made predicative by simply putting it after the head word.

It's still a noun, it's just used as an adjective (which the English language permits).

theGryphon · Unread postby **theGryphon** » 31 Jul 2006, 21:42

actors

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 31 Jul 2006, 21:46

DaemianLucifer wrote:I already did.And it seems it can be used as a style of dress as well,so its acceptable.

So we're allowed to use Versace or Calvin Klein?!

torso

Gaidal Cain · Unread postby **Gaidal Cain** » 31 Jul 2006, 21:53

torsor

theLuckyDragon · Unread postby **theLuckyDragon** » 31 Jul 2006, 22:00

orbital

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 31 Jul 2006, 22:01

italicise

theGryphon · Unread postby **theGryphon** » 31 Jul 2006, 22:08

Btw, why was "a tergo" not valid? It appears in my Random House Webster's dictionary. Then, for example, is "a priori" not valid either?

eekstah · Unread postby **eekstah** » 31 Jul 2006, 22:09

Ciselure

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 31 Jul 2006, 22:14

theGryphon wrote:Btw, why was "a tergo" not valid? It appears in my Random House Webster's dictionary. Then, for example, is "a priori" not valid either?

Because they're 2 words?!

theGryphon · Unread postby **theGryphon** » 31 Jul 2006, 22:23

lurer

Edit: So it's OK if you put a dash in between, like good-looking, but this way not OK. Yet, words like "a priori" that come from Latin are treated (and used) as single words, jsyk...

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 31 Jul 2006, 22:30

You can always write apriori in 1 word.

theGryphon · Unread postby **theGryphon** » 31 Jul 2006, 22:38

THAT would be wrong!

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 31 Jul 2006, 23:04

theGryphon wrote:THAT would be wrong!

Give it a few more decades.

ergonomic

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