onsdag 29 april 2009

Dagens glosa

xanthodontous
PRONUNCIATION:
(zan-tho-DON-tuhs)
MEANING:
adjective: Having yellow teeth.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek xanthos (yellow) + -odon (toothed).
USAGE:
"That I am becoming, or have become, xanthodontous cannot be of interest to anybody."Reginald Moore, Edward Lane; The Windmill (London, UK); 1946.

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