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ConnieTerwilliger · Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:51 am Post subject: The things we learn...

Working on a huge list of words for an English language word engine - and am doing my initial sanity check on pronunications. There are a lot of obscure and archaic words in this particular list, so I am spending a lot of time with the dictionary. Here's one that I figured out the pronunciation for, but wondered about the definition.

Definition of GYNECOCRACY: political supremacy of women

— gy·ne·co·crat·ic \ˌgī-ni-kō-ˈkra-tik, ˌji-\ adjective

Origin of GYNECOCRACY

Greek gynaikokratia, from gynaik- + -kratia -cracy

First Known Use: 1612
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Zak Miller · Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:57 am Post subject:

"First Known Use: 1612"

I wonder if we would even understand English back then!

todd ellis · Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:32 pm Post subject:

gaa! just getting into this now ... what happened to "see spot run." ???
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Bruce · Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:56 pm Post subject:

If you live in the land of the Amazons and the like, it's a handy word to know.

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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:37 am Post subject:

todd ellis · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:25 am Post subject:

here's my word of the day:

in·ter·loc·u·tor

1: one who takes part in dialogue or conversation
2: a man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the end men and acts as leader

First Known Use: 1514

*last known use 1907
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