October 4, 2014 Saturday
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vastitude:
immensity, vastness
Besides rhyming with dude, one of the funnier words in the dictionary...
veranda: [Hindu, varanda]
I only include this word because of its Hindu etymology. How many words of ours are from Hindu? I do find etymologies from different, sometimes obscure cultures very interesting. I have make a list in the index of these different sources of words.
immensity, vastness
Besides rhyming with dude, one of the funnier words in the dictionary...
veranda: [Hindu, varanda]
I only include this word because of its Hindu etymology. How many words of ours are from Hindu? I do find etymologies from different, sometimes obscure cultures very interesting. I have make a list in the index of these different sources of words.
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