On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:19:18 -0400, H the K
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On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:26:56 -0400, H the K

869) I. i. 2


Try 4, 5, 6, and b.I.9.b

See what you can learn from a *real* dictionary?

:)

I see you came with your Howitzer's fully loaded. Erudition and
recondite references win the day. BTW, what is the reference source?


OED, Second Edition, Volume 3.

I have the CD electronic version of that one, plus the
20-volume hardbound set of Second Edition and the supplements.

Bought the hardbound set at an estate sale long before the CD versions
were available, but I still use both.


Though it feels strange rolling off the tongue, I'll have to admit
that I'm envious.

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wrote:
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:19:18 -0400, H the K
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:26:56 -0400, H the K
869) I. i. 2
Try 4, 5, 6, and b.I.9.b

See what you can learn from a *real* dictionary?

:)
I see you came with your Howitzer's fully loaded. Erudition and
recondite references win the day. BTW, what is the reference source?

OED, Second Edition, Volume 3.

I have the CD electronic version of that one, plus the
20-volume hardbound set of Second Edition and the supplements.

Bought the hardbound set at an estate sale long before the CD versions
were available, but I still use both.


Though it feels strange rolling off the tongue, I'll have to admit
that I'm envious.

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This one's for you:

envious, a.

(ˈɛnvɪəs)

Forms: 4–6 envyous(e, 5 -ose, (4 enviose, -vios, -vius, -vyus, -wius, 5
enviyus, -vyows, pl. envyeusis), 4– envious. Also 5 invyowse.

[a. AF. envious, OF. envieus, -vius (mod.F. envieux) = Pr. envejos,
envios, Cat. envejos, Pg. invejoso, Sp. envidioso, It. invidioso:—L.
invidi�sus, f. invidia envy.]

1.1 Full of envy, affected or actuated by envy; vexed or discontented at
the good fortune or qualities of another. Const. â€*against, â€*at, of, â€*to
with n. or inf.

a 1300 Cursor M. 27658 (Cott.) Þe enuius man ai lufes he leste Þam
þat he wate er moste honeste. c 1386 Chaucer Man of Law's T. 267 O
Sathan envyous. a 1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 53 There be other that
be envious to see other in gretter degre thanne they. 1526 Pilgr.
Pref. (W. de W. 1531) 78 And‥the enuyous man, for to do a displeasure to
his ennemy, wyll suffre rebuke and blame. 1611 Bible Prov. xxiv. 19
Neither be thou enuious at the wicked. 1636 Ariana 328 They thought
it envious against their repose, to have shed so much as a teare for
them. 1697 Dryden Virg. Past. vii. 37 If he blast my Muse with
envious Praise. 1842 Lytton Zanoni 28 Our good Loredano is envious of
my diamond. 1872 Morley Voltaire (1886) 108 Envious scribes in his
life-time taunted him with avarice.

absol. a 1300 Cursor M. 27706 (Cott.) Forþi sais Senec on þe envius,
Quine, etc. 1340 Ayenb. 28 Vor þe more þet þe guodes byeþ greate, þe
more zor�eþ þe enuious. 1816 Byron Monody Death Sheridan, The envious
who but breathe in others' pain. 1846 Ruskin Mod. Paint. I. Pref.
(ed. 2) 14 The envious, because they like not the sound of a living
man's praise.

â€*2.2 Full of ill-will; malicious, spiteful. Obs.
‘Still current dial. in Suffolk’ (F. Hall).

c 1330 R. Brunne (1810) 180 Grete scathe‥Com tille Kyng R. for þat
envios sawe. c 1430 Lydg. Chorle & Byrde (1818) 12 Hit maketh accorde
betwene folk envyous. 1579 Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 40 Who more envious
than Tymon denouncing all humaine societie. 1673 Penn Chr. Quaker iv.
531 Envious Displeasure against an Harmless Suffering People. a 1713
T. Ellwood Autobiog. (1765) 384 Printed by one of his Party with very
envious Reflections upon it.

â€*3.3 Full of emulation; emulous. Const. of.

a 1300 Floriz & Bl. 356 For he is suþe couetus And at þescheker
enuius. a 1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 150 Thei be envyeusis whiche
shalle goo furst up on the offerande. 1594 T. B. La Primaud. Fr.
Acad. ii. 318 Be enuious of the best gifts. 1821 Keats Lamia 217
Lycius Charioting foremost in the envious race.

â€*4.4 Grudging, parsimonious, sparing, excessively careful. Obs.

1580 Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 368 Beautie was no niggard of hir slippes in
this gardein, and very enuious to other grounds. a 1667 Jer. Taylor
(W.), No men are so envious of their health.

â€*5.5 Calculated to excite ill-will; invidious; odious. Obs.

1635 R. N. tr. Camden's Hist. Eliz. (ed. 3) i. 90 Which sect began
presently to be knowne by the envious name of Puritans. 1640 Bp. Hall
Episc. Ep. Ded. 5 Hath put my pen upon this envious, but necessarie taske.

â€*6.6 That is or may be an object of envy; enviable.

1590 Spenser F.Q. i. iv. 39 He to him lept, and that same envious
gage Of victors glory from him snatcht away. 1651 Reliq. Wotton. 69 A
glorious harvest‥which could not but have made an envious addition.
1665 Pepys Diary 8 Dec. (ed. Bright) III. 327 So envious a place.

7.7 Comb., as envious-hearted.

1873 L. Wallace Fair God ii. vii. 128 Time was when no
envious-hearted knave could have made him believe, etc.






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On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:33:21 -0400, H the K
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:19:18 -0400, H the K
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:26:56 -0400, H the K
869) I. i. 2
Try 4, 5, 6, and b.I.9.b

See what you can learn from a *real* dictionary?

:)
I see you came with your Howitzer's fully loaded. Erudition and
recondite references win the day. BTW, what is the reference source?

OED, Second Edition, Volume 3.

I have the CD electronic version of that one, plus the
20-volume hardbound set of Second Edition and the supplements.

Bought the hardbound set at an estate sale long before the CD versions
were available, but I still use both.


Though it feels strange rolling off the tongue, I'll have to admit
that I'm envious.

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This one's for you:

vexed or discontented at
the good fortune or qualities of another. Const. †against, †at, of, †to
with n. or inf.


And thou shalt not covet...

(Actually I do have an electronic version of the OED. But it's buried
in the scores of discs and dvd's I have littered across the house.)

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H the K wrote:
Jordon wrote:
Wow, there are sure a lot of examples there.

In order to prove your point you'd think that
in all that you've copied and pasted that the
words "present to be" would occur once. No
such luck.

And you'd think that if it were proper you'd
get at least a few hits on Google with the
exact phrase "present to be Christian". You
get two, but they're both "...present. To be
Christian...". Can you imagine that? No one
on the web has written those words together
in the context you've used?

I pointed out the context to you.

You did not point out any context except your own.
Can you provide any examples that use it in the
same context? A link, to anything? As in: "present
to be" followed by a proper noun. And if it sounds
like ebonics, it doesn't count.

Hell, there's no rule that requires a name to be spelled a certain way,
right, "Jordon"?

My mother wanted to get her brother's name in there
and his name was Don.

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On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:21:10 -0400, H the K
wrote:

jps wrote:
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:54:45 -0400, JohnH
wrote:

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:31:47 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:19:55 -0400, JohnH wrote:

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:03:58 -0700 (PDT), HK
wrote:

Yo Tim! You got Harry to utter a true sentence. Good job.
Uh, that's not Harry.
Obviously, he told the truth.

Yeah, so obvious that you jumped on it like a skanky whore.



What do you mean, "like a skanky whore"?

What do you think herring is, if not a skanky whore?

My bad. Should have read "like the skanky whore you are."