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Word For The Day, Thursday, January 31, 2013 – intemerate
dictionaries ad nauseam | 31 January 2013 | Thursday's sub

Posted on 01/31/2013 5:32:22 AM PST by secret garden


In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

intemerate \in-TEM-er-it\, adjective
Inviolate; undefiled; unsullied; pure.


Example sentences:
The rain smelled cool and earthy, and with her eyes closed it sounded louder and nearer; it seemed to be in the room, falling small and touchless upon her; it was clear, intemerate as the sky.
-- Fred Chappell, The Inkling

Did you know, sir, that I can trace my intemerate ancestry to Adam through the paternal line, and to Eve through the maternal line?
-- Andrew Drummond, Handbook of Volapük

Etymology:
Intemerate comes from the Latin root emerā which meant "to violate, desecrate." The prefix in- means "not" as in the words indefensible and inexpensive.



The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....


Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate

WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!


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To: afraidfortherepublic; secret garden

That should say ear rubbing.


21 posted on 01/31/2013 6:11:42 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: secret garden
I'm sure the barrel of the President's shotgun is intemerate.
22 posted on 01/31/2013 6:11:55 AM PST by NeoCaveman (Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn)
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To: secret garden

The thought of “The Won” with a gun in his hand gives mechills.


23 posted on 01/31/2013 6:13:11 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

They know signs for their tricks(sit, stay, roll over) but not for the most basic commands like come and out. It’s a good time to teach it. Don’t we all have one of those dogs who just cannot be matched? I lost my favorite in April.


24 posted on 01/31/2013 6:15:04 AM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: NeoCaveman

Good for Marsha!


25 posted on 01/31/2013 6:15:04 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: NeoCaveman

We love our Marsha. She is a longtime NRA member too. A+ for you.


26 posted on 01/31/2013 6:16:55 AM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

I have one now who is aging quickly, and it saddens my heart. I think he will be my last dog because I cannot bear to lose another.


27 posted on 01/31/2013 6:17:28 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: secret garden

are they similar to Owebama throwing a baseball? LMAO I guess I will have to google this.


28 posted on 01/31/2013 6:22:30 AM PST by tioga
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To: secret garden

I am afraid we may have lost some good ones because this maxim was not heeded.


29 posted on 01/31/2013 6:30:58 AM PST by left that other site (Worry is the darkroom that developes negatives.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic; secret garden; xsmommy

Our Missy is fading. She will go outside, then get confused and just stand there shaking in the cold. In the house we keep diapers on her. She sleeps most of the day. She rallies anytime my DH comes home. It’s heartbreaking to see her like this. I don’t want another dog after her. Too sad.


30 posted on 01/31/2013 6:32:59 AM PST by tioga
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To: left that other site
it's so cold that the chickens knitted themselves some coats?...LOL


31 posted on 01/31/2013 6:49:55 AM PST by tioga
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To: tioga

Now that’s funny! I will always have dogs and can’t imagine a home without one. They add so much to my life.


32 posted on 01/31/2013 7:01:08 AM PST by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden
a six year old took a clear plastic water gun to school and is expelled FOREVER. ...this is crazy....she cannot even be in the car when the parents pick up their other children or she will be charged with a felony. I would love to see this tested in a court of law.
33 posted on 01/31/2013 7:10:09 AM PST by tioga
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To: tioga

Very festive attire!


34 posted on 01/31/2013 7:11:38 AM PST by hummingbird
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To: secret garden
Hi, secret garden (Secret Garden - one of my favorite books!

May I be added to the ping list?

35 posted on 01/31/2013 7:17:24 AM PST by hummingbird
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To: hummingbird

stylish, too!


36 posted on 01/31/2013 7:18:55 AM PST by tioga
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To: secret garden

It is intemperate to intimate that 0bama is intemerate.


37 posted on 01/31/2013 7:26:11 AM PST by Silentgypsy (If you love your freedom, thank a vet.)
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To: secret garden

The Constitution’s design is intemerate
We’re a republic, not some corrupt emirate
With all the lyin’ & lootin’
Barack acts like Putin
‘cept Obama’s a lot more effemerate


38 posted on 01/31/2013 7:45:03 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: tioga

My heart goes out to you, having been there a few times.

I always end up getting another dog though.

I never learn, it seems.


39 posted on 01/31/2013 8:31:38 AM PST by left that other site (Worry is the darkroom that developes negatives.)
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To: left that other site; secret garden; tioga

i’m with you and SG, heartbreaking as it is to lose them, dogs are the essence of life IMO. One of xshub’s employees lost her cav the night before last to mitral valve disease. i just sent her a sympathy email, having gone through it just under 2 years ago ourselves. xshub told her to look for signs of grief in the remaining dog, bc of our experience with Chanel’s KEENING wail after Lucius died. I told him last night to get prepared for the idea of three cavs at once for a period of time, bc at the point Chanel starts having problems we are going to have to get a third bc my bawl-baby insecure Jules cannot possibly be an only dog. He ADORES Chanel, and i don’t even want to contemplate him without her around.


40 posted on 01/31/2013 8:54:00 AM PST by xsmommy
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