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They were all new to me, and perhaps you might also find them interesting ;)
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Saturday Word: Coterminous
Oct. 5th, 2024 09:30 pmmed_catToday's word is brought to you by conuly
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Coterminous, adj.
1: having the same or coincident (see coincident sense 2) boundaries
a voting district coterminous with the city
2: coextensive in scope or duration
… an experience of life coterminous with the years of his father.
—Elizabeth Hardwick
Examples:
Massachusetts' Nantucket County isn't quite coterminous with the island of the same name, as the county includes two small nearby islets.
Recent Examples on the Web This is a common attitude in competitive Duval County, which is coterminous with Jacksonville.
—Monica Potts, ABC News, 19 July 2024
Its onset in the late 16th century was particularly noticeable in Anatolia, a largely rural region that once formed the heartland of the Ottoman Empire and is roughly coterminous with modern-day Turkey.
— Andrea Duffy, The Conversation, 7 June 2021
First Known Use
1799, in the meaning defined at sense 1
conuly ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Coterminous, adj.
1: having the same or coincident (see coincident sense 2) boundaries
a voting district coterminous with the city
2: coextensive in scope or duration
… an experience of life coterminous with the years of his father.
—Elizabeth Hardwick
Examples:
Massachusetts' Nantucket County isn't quite coterminous with the island of the same name, as the county includes two small nearby islets.
Recent Examples on the Web This is a common attitude in competitive Duval County, which is coterminous with Jacksonville.
—Monica Potts, ABC News, 19 July 2024
Its onset in the late 16th century was particularly noticeable in Anatolia, a largely rural region that once formed the heartland of the Ottoman Empire and is roughly coterminous with modern-day Turkey.
— Andrea Duffy, The Conversation, 7 June 2021
First Known Use
1799, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Friday Word: Prosopometamorphopsia
Aug. 9th, 2024 05:54 ammed_catToday's word is brought to you by conuly
Prosopometamorphopsia: "A rare disorder called Prosopometamorphopsia makes people’s faces appear “demon-like,” with grossly stretched-out features".
You can read more about it, and see some pictorial representations in this article, from People
conuly Prosopometamorphopsia: "A rare disorder called Prosopometamorphopsia makes people’s faces appear “demon-like,” with grossly stretched-out features".
You can read more about it, and see some pictorial representations in this article, from People
