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Jun-7-2005 23:57

OK ... as there are so many readers and writers here, we'll see if this is popular ...

I'll post a list of dictionary definitions and see if you can provide the word. I'll try to balance between making it too hard and making it interesting. I'll try and make it so that, even if you don't one right, you'll at least have heard the word before. For each quiz, all answers will begin with the same letter:

Jun-11-2005 16:49

Well ... I'm going to post the next one anyway, because I don't want you to be sad, Jstkdn, but you have to try and answer them : o )

All answers beginning with 'J':

1)adj. pertaining to the neck.

2)n. a woman whose ugliness by conventional standards is part of her charm. (Fr phrase).

3)adj. full of jokes: facetious: merry.

4)adj. empty: spiritless, meagre, arid: showing lack of information or experience: naïve, immature, callow.

5)n. a joining: a union: a critical or important point in time.

6)adj. according to sound judgment: possessing sound judgment: discreet.

Bonus: adj. becoming youthful.

Jun-11-2005 18:04

1. Jugular
2. La Joconde
3. Jocund
4. Jejune
5. Juncture
6. Judicial
B. Juvenescence

Jun-12-2005 04:21

Luvely K - 3/6 and the bonus word was correct (the adjective is juvenescent).

Words 2, 3 & 6 are still open. Any takes?

Jun-12-2005 05:14

2. Jolie
3. Jocular
6. Judicious

Jun-12-2005 09:37

2) jolie laide
3) jocose
6) judicious

Jun-12-2005 10:18

Envy - you got 'judicious'/
Esme - you got 2 & 3 : o )

Some people have asked if it's not being pedantic to seperate jocose, jocular and jocund. However, according to my dictionaries, they all have quite distinct meanings along a similar theme.

On to 'K' ...

Jun-12-2005 11:35

All answers beginning with 'K':

1)n. a would-be musical instrument, a tube with a strip of cat-gut, etc., that resonates to the voice.

2)adj. dust-coloured, dull brownish or greenish yellow. (Urdu & Pers.)
3)n. a child in thieves’ slang.

4)n. the unopened bud of a flower: an architectural ornament resembling that. (Ger.)

5)n. credit, fame, renown, prestige.

6)n. a castle or fortress in a N.African town or the area round it, esp. in Algiers (has an alternative spelling beginning with ‘c’).

B: n. government by the worst.

Jun-12-2005 12:01

1) Kazoo
2) kurd
3) kid
4)
5) kudos
6)
B) kleptocracy

Jun-12-2005 12:32

1. Kazoo
2. Khaki
3. Kife
4. knosp
5. kudos
6. Kasbah
B. Kleptocracy

Jun-12-2005 14:03

Lady Grey - 2/6: Luvely K - 5/6.

Word 3 and the bonus "silly" word are still outstanding (though kleptocracy is pretty good - I can't find it in any of my dictionaries but could it be a government based on heavy taxation??) : o )