Words, words, words
Confession: After reading the following comment by TroyG, "Activate the outdoor egress, get out and eviscerate the proletariat!", I had to look two of the words up in the dictionary. Speaking of words, tonight I stumbled across the following in an old dictionary: fabaceous. There's a word I like the sound of.
Without consulting dictionary.com or the nearest Oxford or Macquarie, is anyone up for a guess (perhaps a Boulderdash-style creative 'guess') at what it means?
Trivia: The same old pocket dictionary that contains fabaceous has a smudged read-pen inscription on the inside cover, dated 1928. Written in similar red-ink on the opposite recto page is: "I given off this book to Leila, 1944." Lucky Leila.
Without consulting dictionary.com or the nearest Oxford or Macquarie, is anyone up for a guess (perhaps a Boulderdash-style creative 'guess') at what it means?
Trivia: The same old pocket dictionary that contains fabaceous has a smudged read-pen inscription on the inside cover, dated 1928. Written in similar red-ink on the opposite recto page is: "I given off this book to Leila, 1944." Lucky Leila.
Labels: Language
posted by Sauntering Walker at 9:22 PM
2 Comments:
It should mean of the pea or legume family
The Father in law
Father-in-law, you're a dark horse; although I should've guessed you pick up the horticultural term.
Your prize? A no-expenses paid trip to Western Australia in early September!
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