*s/it/"eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit"/
*s/it/"eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit"/
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Another curious bundle of historically related words that I find amusing: the "thesis" in metathesis, synthesis, prosthesis, parenthesis, etc. comes…
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Like a week ago the word "melismatic" popped into my head while waiting for the bus, and I was like, "Is that even a word? It sounds kind of like a…
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flosculation n. (1651) An embellishment or ornament in speech, e.g. The speaker's lecture was rendered laughable by ridiculous flosculations.
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