Friday, December 01, 2006

words in my inbox

1) delate (di-LAYT) verb tr.
To report (an offense), denounce, or accuse.
[From Latin delatus, past participle of deferre (to bring down, accuse, or report), from de- + ferre (to bear). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bher- (to carry, to bear children) that gave birth to words such as basket, suffer, fertile, burden, bring, bear, offer, prefer, and birth.]

2) debouch \dih-BOWCH; -BOOSH\, intransitive verb:
1. To march out (as from a wood, defile, or other narrow or confined spot) into the open.
2. To emerge; to issue.
3. To cause to emerge or issue; to discharge.
Debouch comes from French déboucher, from dé- (for de), "out of" (from Latin de) + bouche, "mouth" (from Latin bucca, "cheek, mouth"). The noun form is debouchment.

Special prize to the first commenter to use these words in the sentence I'm thinking of.*

*'Of' at the end of the sentence? Finals crunch madness!

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