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Intringent
There are a bunch of smart people here, I need some help..
Can anyone provide a definition for the word "intringent" and a source for said definition?
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Can anyone provide a definition for the word "intringent" and a source for said definition?
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
John Stuart Mill
English economist & philosopher (1806 - 1873)
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[nq:1]There are a bunch of smart people here, I need some help.. [/nq] Fascinating. It doesn't appear in any of my dictionaries, including the Latin one.
- [nq:1]There are a bunch of smart people here, I need some help..
- [/nq] Fascinating.
- It doesn't appear in any of my dictionaries, including the Latin one.
- There are some 83 Google hits, in some of which it seems to be a mistake for "intrinsic", and in the rest of which it seems incomprehensible.
- One of the hits is in French, and it seems meaningless there, too: it's not in the big online French Academy dictionary.
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[nq:1]There are a bunch of smart people here, I need some help.. Can anyone provide a definition for the word "intringent" and a source for said definition?[/nq]
Fascinating. It doesn't appear in any of my dictionaries, including the Latin one. There are some 83 Google hits, in some of which it seems to be a mistake for "intrinsic", and in the rest of which it seems incomprehensible. One of th
Fascinating. It doesn't appear in any of my dictionaries, including the Latin one. There are some 83 Google hits, in some of which it seems to be a mistake for "intrinsic", and in the rest of which it seems incomprehensible. One of th
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I read the following;
http://www.op.gov.ph/speeches.asp?iid=47&iyear=2001&imonth=9
"The DOJ shall set up a special team to serve the special requirements of the campaign including the speedy prosecution, deportation and extradition of suspects. But even as we engage intr
http://www.op.gov.ph/speeches.asp?iid=47&iyear=2001&imonth=9
"The DOJ shall set up a special team to serve the special requirements of the campaign including the speedy prosecution, deportation and extradition of suspects. But even as we engage intr
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[nq:1]There are a bunch of smart people here, I need some help.. Can anyone provide a definition for the word "intringent" and a source for said definition?[/nq]
I agree with the suggestion that the word is probably bogus. OED2 has a rare word, "tring" with the following excerpt:
Any species of bird of the genus Tringa (which name is more frequent in use), commonly called Sandpipers. So "t
I agree with the suggestion that the word is probably bogus. OED2 has a rare word, "tring" with the following excerpt:
Any species of bird of the genus Tringa (which name is more frequent in use), commonly called Sandpipers. So "t
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[nq:1]There are a bunch of smart people here, I need some help.. Can anyone provide a definition for the word "intringent" and a source for said definition?[/nq]
Please take off your pants or I won't read your e-mail. I will not, no matter how "good" the deal, patronise any business which sends unsolicited commercial e-mail or that advertises in discussion newsgroups.
Please take off your pants or I won't read your e-mail. I will not, no matter how "good" the deal, patronise any business which sends unsolicited commercial e-mail or that advertises in discussion newsgroups.
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[nq:2]There are a bunch of smart people here, I need ... for the word "intringent" and a source =for said definition?[/nq]
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You mean the bit where it says "No entry found for intringent "? A great leap forward, if I may say so.
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Mike.
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You mean the bit where it says "No entry found for intringent "? A great leap forward, if I may say so.
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Mike.
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[nq:2]There are a bunch of smart people here, I need ... for the word "intringent" and a source =for said definition?[/nq]
[nq:1]I agree with the suggestion that the word is probably bogus. OED2 has a rare word, "tring" with the following ... that it be recognized as a word, would be a variant of "tringine a." (having to do with sandpiper birds).[/nq]
That would be a good old stretch. If i
[nq:1]I agree with the suggestion that the word is probably bogus. OED2 has a rare word, "tring" with the following ... that it be recognized as a word, would be a variant of "tringine a." (having to do with sandpiper birds).[/nq]
That would be a good old stretch. If i
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[nq:1]I read the following; http://www.op.gov.ph/speeches.asp?iid=3D47&iyear=3D2001&imonth=3D9 "The DOJ shall set up a special team to serve the special requirements of the ... tactical measures, we must demonstrate the ascendency of the constitutional system and its capacity =for sw
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[nq:2]There are a bunch of smart people here, I need ... for the word "intringent" and a source for said definition?[/nq]
[nq:1]Fascinating. It doesn't appear in any of my dictionaries, including the Latin one. There are some 83 Google hits, in ... somebody knows better, I think it's a bogus word which some people think they know and others have uncritically imitated.[/nq]
In context, it l
[nq:1]Fascinating. It doesn't appear in any of my dictionaries, including the Latin one. There are some 83 Google hits, in ... somebody knows better, I think it's a bogus word which some people think they know and others have uncritically imitated.[/nq]
In context, it l
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Mike Lyle:
[nq:1]Fascinating. It doesn't appear in any of my dictionaries, including the Latin one. There are some 83 Google hits, in some of which it seems to be a mistake for "intrinsic", and in the rest of which it seems incomprehensible. ...[/nq]
There are actually only 14 hits that are not "very similar", though. What struck me was the one hit that contrasts it with "extringent":
[nq:1]Fascinating. It doesn't appear in any of my dictionaries, including the Latin one. There are some 83 Google hits, in some of which it seems to be a mistake for "intrinsic", and in the rest of which it seems incomprehensible. ...[/nq]
There are actually only 14 hits that are not "very similar", though. What struck me was the one hit that contrasts it with "extringent":
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[nq:2]Fascinating. It doesn't appear in any of my dictionaries, including ... and in the rest of which it seems incomprehensible. ...[/nq]
[nq:1]There are actually only 14 hits that are not "very similar", though. What struck me was the one hit that ... including court rulings. Which makes me think that both words are probably real, even if not in the online dictionaries.[/nq]
Hmm. I wonde
[nq:1]There are actually only 14 hits that are not "very similar", though. What struck me was the one hit that ... including court rulings. Which makes me think that both words are probably real, even if not in the online dictionaries.[/nq]
Hmm. I wonde
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