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[Elliott Moreton]

> From: hutch at bewellnet.com

> hyemal - adj. - Of a gesture, factitious and calculated to elicit a
> similar, but sincere, response, e.g., an apology which disguises a demand
> for an apology, or a compliment meant to evoke a compliment.

There's something wrong with the wording here, but I wasn't able to fix it 
in time and still can't.  There are two problems.  One is "gesture", which 
is meant metaphorically but comes so early in the sentence that the reader 
is likely to take it literally.  Is there a word for "gesture, in the 
metaphorical sense"?  The other problem is "a similar, but sincere, 
response".  A stronger word than "similar" is called for -- something that 
means "a gesture (or whatever the best word is) of like type".  Can anyone 
think of one?