I hadn't heard of "thioureas," though I may have just forgotten it. Yet, I did note the word "urea." Curiosity question: do you write "authorise," or did you just spell it that way to throw us?
I generally spell "authorize" myself, but "thesauri" has an S, not a Z, and so when I added the O it had to be "authorise". I didn't use Eastpondian spelling to mislead; you gave it to me that way!
BONGOBHIL (think Emerson)
[This message was edited by haberdasher on Tue Dec 30th, 2003 at 14:51.]
quote:Originally posted by Richard English: But it should not. That it is thus inacurately used proves (if proof be needed) that there are those around who will never use a short word if they can find a sesquipedalian one.
According to Oxford, peruse means "to read or study, especially thoroughly or carefully". And I believe Oxford in preference to the eponymous Carolyn.
Richard English
This post in the egregious thread was the first recent apearance of "sesquipedalian" in conjunction with "peruse," and I wondered if that wasn't the source of your Bonus Jumble. Didn't know whether he got it from you, or you got it from him, or simply great minds are thinking alike.!
Happy New Year, all!
DUALSLANGNEY (I know, it's cheating, but still...)
[This message was edited by haberdasher on Wed Dec 31st, 2003 at 10:26.]
quote:This post in the egregious thread was the first recent apearance of "sesquipedalian" in conjunction with "peruse," and I wondered if that wasn't the source of your Bonus Jumble.
Ohhhhh! A little dense here in Kalleh-land! Yes, that most definitely was a piece of cross-threading. Love that word "sesquipedalian," though!
[Sigh. I thought I had a good one, but then it looked familiar, so I Searched for it and sure enough I did that one already. Last April 19 or something. Oh well. Sigh.]
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