A.Word.A.Day--dentulous

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Nov 3, 2010

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Back-formations

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dentulous

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with Anu Garg

dentulous

PRONUNCIATION:

(DEN-chuh-lus)

MEANING:

adjective: Having teeth.

ETYMOLOGY:

Back-formation from edentulous (toothless), from ex- (out of) + dens (tooth). Earliest recorded use: 1926.

USAGE:

"He was therefore prejudiced against all things calciferous or dentulous. 'I propose that the next student who is caught biting a fellow student should be removed.'"
Robert B Shampo; The Weird Thoughts and Writings of Battling Goozler; Vantage; 2009.

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation. -Henry Fielding, author (1707-1754)

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