ext_51990 ([identity profile] rainbow-yarn.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2009-09-29 09:31 pm
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My cookies are flat Tuesday

corrigible [kawr-i-juh-buhl, kor-]

adjective
1. capable of being corrected or reformed
2. submissive to correction.
3. subject to being revised, improved, or made more accurate

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/corrigible

I found my bowl of noodles slightly bland, but this corrigible problem was easily solved with a dash of soy sauce.



corrigendum [kawr-i-jen-duhm, kor-]

noun
1. an error to be corrected, esp. an error in print.
2. corrigenda, a list of corrections of errors in a book or other publication.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/corrigendum?qsrc=2446

Sometimes, during peer-edit in English class, I want to just
compile a corrigenda for my partner's paper and stick it on his face.

[identity profile] fidgetspin.livejournal.com 2009-09-30 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoa! I knew the word INcorrigible but I had no idea the whole family of still-used words from which it sprang. Which is rather silly of me, after 4 years of latin, I guess.
Thanks!