Welcome to the Guess My Word blog. This is a place to discuss the words of the day chosen by Joon and Mike. This paragraph is here mostly as spoiler space. Here are today's words:
I had desiccate at #16. Had I thought to add the d, I'd have been first (for, like, the first time in my LIFE.) And I had worm, wormwood, wormy, worminess,wormed, wormer, never could think of wormhole for pete's sake. Not. My. Day.
Strangely, the Mac OAD has no entry for the adjective "desiccated" but two senses for the verb "desiccate." But the first sense says "usu. as adj. desiccated" and the second says "as adj. desiccated." The Latin origin mentions a verb. I had three guesses between desiccate and desiccated.
I hate inflections.
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DeleteI had desiccate at #16. Had I thought to add the d, I'd have been first (for, like, the first time in my LIFE.)
DeleteAnd I had worm, wormwood, wormy, worminess,wormed, wormer, never could think of wormhole for pete's sake. Not. My. Day.
i can't say i've ever had the occasion to use the verb "desiccate", but "desiccated" is a perfectly good adjective. so which one is the inflection?
DeleteStrangely, the Mac OAD has no entry for the adjective "desiccated" but two senses for the verb "desiccate." But the first sense says "usu. as adj. desiccated" and the second says "as adj. desiccated." The Latin origin mentions a verb.
DeleteI had three guesses between desiccate and desiccated.
I sat there for two or three minutes trying to figure out what the hell comes between desiccate and desiderata.
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