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asportate (V.) AS'-POR-TAYT
To carry away someone else's property
In high school, Anthony was known to asportate a street sign or two.
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| asportate | 9/8/2010 12:00:00 AM | |
| (V.) AS'-POR-TAYT - To carry away someone else's property | ||
| In high school, Anthony was known to asportate a street sign or two. | ||
| quidnunc | 9/7/2010 12:00:00 AM | |
| (N.) KWID'-NUHNGK - a person who is eager to gossip | ||
| I tend to tune out when office quidnunc Casey begins, 'So, have you heard ...' | ||
| meliorist | 9/6/2010 12:00:00 AM | |
| (N.) MEEL'-YUH-RIZT - one who seeks to improve mankind | ||
| Ever the meliorist, Mandy drummed up donations aroud the office seemingly every other day. | ||
| hygric | 9/3/2010 12:00:00 AM | |
| (ADJ.) HAHY'-GRIK - pertaining to moisture | ||
| During his big speech, Howard's forehead had a hygric sheen. | ||
| duenna | 9/2/2010 12:00:00 AM | |
| (N.) DOO-EN'-UH - an older woman charged with overseeing a younger one | ||
| Donna's latest recruit was so green it made her feel like a duenna. | ||
| abaction | 9/1/2010 12:00:00 AM | |
| (N.) AB-AK'-SHUN - the act of stealing cattle | ||
| Though rarely an issue these days, my town still has abaction laws on the books. | ||
| yean | 8/31/2010 12:00:00 AM | |
| (V.) YEEN - to give birth, esp. in reference to a sheep | ||
| We were lucky enough to witness a sheep yean during our farm visit. | ||
| maar | 8/30/2010 12:00:00 AM | |
| (N.) MAHR - volcanic crater, often filled with water | ||
| One of Marsha's favorite parts of her visit to New Mexico was seeing the salt-lake maar. | ||
| additament | 8/27/2010 12:00:00 AM | |
| (N.) UH-DIT'-UH-MUHNT - an addition | ||
| Anthony had an annoying habit of tacking on last-minute additaments to proposals. | ||
| yaffle | 8/26/2010 12:00:00 AM | |
| (N.) YAH'-FUHL - green woodpecker, named for its sound | ||
| Ynez let loose a chuckle that was reminiscent of a yaffle's call. | ||
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