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Mac26X fit for all waters
On Jun 11, 12:23 pm, Ed Gordon wrote:
...snip... Veridican means truth. Hah! Well, let's be precise, something you seem to have a lot of trouble with. "Veridican" is a made-up word. Now, there's nothing wrong with made-up words in general. Pandemonium is a great one. Tintinnabulation is too. Based on its apparent derivation (root) and structure, veridican most closely approximates an adjectival form for "truth- speaking," from the Latin veridicus, with your "veridican" being a permutation of that. Veritas is truth. It is also, unfortunately, awfully close to veridian/viridian, which simply means "green." So if you were offshore in your Mac and ran into some hellacious green water you could call it "veridican veridian" as you prayed to your deity while rolling over and over and over... |
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