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Lots of very brief and to the point entries this time round.

1.starving

2.obsessive

3.arrogant, haughty

4.Ascetic

5.unmoving, stable

6.Awkward; difficult to carry; untenable

7. not hungry

8.Unified

9.Glib

10 fetid-smelling


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
 
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They’re small. I think I’ll take 2.
 
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Since Hab is probably right I'll choose something else, just because I have no idea.
#6?
 
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I'll choose 10.
 
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This is tough! [No, that's not a new daffynition. But it's as good as the others!]
Choosing same as tinman: #10.
 
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I like the simplicity of these definitions... makes it Sooooooooo much harder to guess. And given the hesitancy and assorted choices it looks like I did indeed choose a good word.


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1.Starving
2.Obsessive
3.Arrogant, haughty
4.Ascetic
5.Unmoving, stable
6.Awkward; difficult to carry; untenable
7.Not hungry
8.Unified
9.Glib
10 fetid-smelling


A partial parsing, which may suggest the truth, or deceive and entice by false similarity, or neither of the above:
-- starving - as in "fasting"
-- obsessive - invoking "fastidious"
-- ascetic - again "fastidious"
-- unmoving - as in "made fast"
-- not hungry - despite "fasting"
-- difficult to carry - "made fast" again
and that's more than half the entries. Does that make them all red herrings? Or all but one? No wonder we're uncertain!

Good word!
 
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Good word!


The word is only as good as the definitions supplied and this word attracted a lot of good, short, distinctive suggestions which is why , when I added the real word I also kept it short.


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I had decided on 5 until Hab chimed in. It is probably wrong - I imagine it is 10 since two of you chose it. But I'll stick with 5.
 
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