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Monday Musings: Arizona double rainbow

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Weird Word Wednesday

deicticadjective  deic·tic \ˈdīk-tik also ˈdāk-\Popularity: Bottom 30% of wordsDefinition of deictic:  showing or pointing out directly Origin and Etymology of deicticGreek deiktikos able to show, from deiktos, verbal of deiknynai to show — more at diction

First Known Use: 1876
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Monday Musings: Moon photos

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Weird Word Wednesday

dehisceverb  de·hisce \di-ˈhis\Popularity: Bottom 30% of wordsDefinition of dehisceDehisced dehiscingintransitive verb:  to split along a natural line; also :  to discharge contents by so splitting Origin and Etymology of dehisceLatin dehiscere to split open, from de- + hiscere to gape; akin to Latin hiare to yawn — more at yawn

First Known Use: 1657
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Monday Musings: My new backyard pets

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Weird Word Wednesday

degaussverb  de·gauss \(ˌ)dē-ˈgau̇s\Popularity: Bottom 20% of wordsDefinition of degausstransitive verb:  to remove or neutralize the magnetic field of degausser nounOrigin and Etymology of degaussde- + gauss, after Karl F. Gauss

First Known Use: circa 1940
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Arizona Monsoon 2016 Part 2

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Weird Word Wednesday

defalcateverb  de·fal·cate \di-ˈfal-ˌkāt, -ˈfȯl-, dē-; ˈde-fəl-\Popularity: Bottom 20% of wordsDefinition of defalcateDefalcated defalcatingarchaictransitive verb:  deduct, curtailintransitive verb:  to engage in embezzlementdefalcator play \-ˌkā-tər\ nounOrigin and Etymology of defalcateMedieval Latin defalcatus, past participle of defalcare, from Latin de- + falc-, falx sickle

First Known Use: 1541
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Arizona Monsoon 2016 Part 1

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Weird Word Wednesday

dawn horsenounPopularity: Bottom 10% of wordsDefinition of dawn horse:  eohippus
any of a genus (Hyracotherium syn. Eohippus) of very small primitive horses from the Lower Eocene having 4-toed forefeet and 3-toed hind feet
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