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   William Vetter to Brian M. Scott   
   Re: Would you use these words in a ms.?   
   12 May 15 14:36:47   
   
   From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   Brian M. Scott wrote:   
   > On Mon, 11 May 2015 14:32:22 -0400, William Vetter   
   >  wrote   
   > in in   
   > rec.arts.sf.composition:   
   >   
   > [...]   
   >   
   >> Aileuromorphic is not in the dictionary (if you want to   
   >> spell it like ailourophobia, it won't be in there   
   >> either).   
   >   
   > Correction: like , the normal headword   
   > spelling, or occasionally the Latinized spelling   
   > ; the spelling  is extremely   
   > rare.   
   >   
   > Its meaning, however, is obvious: ‘cat-shaped’.   
      
   Here is a word not in any dictionary, that will be impossible to derive   
   meaning from roots....   
      
   pseudaelurine   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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