Re: Results in Parallel columns
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:33:47 +0300
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"Erwin" <e.smout_at_myonline.be> wrote in message
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> > <dict>
> > o-paque (oh payk') adj., n., v. <o-paqued, o-paqu-ing>
> > adj.
> > -----> 1. not allowing light to pass through.
> > 2. not transmitting radiation, sound, heat,
> > etc.
> > -----> 3. not shining or bright; dark; dull.
> > 4. hard to understand; not clear or lucid.
> > -----> 5. dull, stupid, or unintelligent.
> > [1375-1425; late ME opake < L opacus shaded] <--------------
> >
> > </dict>
> Indeed I do. I thought Marshall was referring to 4. I know I would.
Well, one cannot be lucid all the time for various reasons. An involuntary master piece: "Do misses still keep ball notes ?". Bloody English! Received on Fri Jun 16 2006 - 12:33:47 CEST