Embaphium - Elliott wins!

[David Randall]

Embaphium - n. - a beetle belonging to the family Embaphiidae, noted for
their habit of dipping food in water; a raccoon beetle.

PIERRE: Elliott (2) = 2

Elliott: Two points for this inspired figment.

Jean-Joseph: Interesting, but I don't generally vote for obscure organisms.
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Embaphium - n. - a chamber in an ossuary where remains are stored prior to
final cleaning and re-burial.

ERIC: Melissa (2) + Pierre (2) + Jean-Joseph (1) = 5

Hutch: Tempting, but no more points. Give this one my imaginary tie-breaker
point.

Elliott: EMBALM?

Jean-Joseph: An embalmery?  Not exactly, I guess.  But I'll give it a point.
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Embaphium - n. - [obs.] 1) acting as or the actions of an ambassador;
embassage 2) an embassy.

HUTCH: Eric (2) + Correct Guess (1) = 3

Elliott: EMBASSY?

Eric: Two points.  For "embassage", and for plausibility.

Jean-Joseph: No, it's for an ambaffador, who works at an embaffy, and the
confusion arose because of the handwriting style used for the Declaration of
Independence ("...the purfuit of happineff")
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Embaphium ­ n. - a eulogy in which the speaker subtly  discredits the
deceased.

MELISSA: Correct Guess (1) = 1

Hutch: There definitely *should* be a word for this. I've never seen it
happen, but it should.

Elliott: ENCOMIUM?  I like the idea, but I'm out of points.   Wouldn't it be
a dyslogy, anyway?

Jean-Joseph: Bashing the embalmed.
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Embaphium - n. - a fugitive thought, which, shewing itself for a moment,
fleeth the pursuit of the mind.  From the Greek, embaphion, a small beast of
the chase, as a hare or coney, baphos signifying a thicket or under-brush.

ELLIOTT: Jim (2) + Hutch (2) + Eric (1) + Pierre (1) = 6

Eric: One point.  For "shewing" and "under-brush".  My vote for Most Likely
To Be By Elliott.

Hutch: "shewing"? "fleeth"? How old a dictionary did you find? I would give
this the 'Most Likely to be David Randall" Award, but he's the round
leader!!! Instead, 2 points.

Elliott: This definition was invented to describe the *first* definition I
came up with for this word, which I have not succeeded in recapturing.

Jean-Joseph: I love the archaic phrasing.

Piere: One point, because I have often had embaphia. I don't know "baphos",
but "batos" is "bush" (also "bath", the unit of measure).
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Embaphium, - n. - a particularly difficult-to-answer question or set of
questions.

NICOLAS: Fran (2) + Elliott (1) = 3

Elliott: It does have that ring to it.  ``To everyone's amazement, Scuggins
Minor 
successfully sat the embaphium for the Indian Civil.''  One point.

Jean-Joseph: "That which baffles".
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Embaphium - n. - a small chest for holding the hair of a deceased love.

JIM: Jean-Joseph (2) + Fran (1) + Correct Guess (1) = 4

Hutch: A "chest"????? How many dead lovers would you have to collect hair
from to fill even the smallest chest.

Elliott: EMBALM?  This sounds like something David would come up with, but
he's/you're running the round this time.

Jean-Joseph: Eww.  Why do people want to hold onto bits of dead people?  But
I'll give it two points anyway.
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Embaphium ­ n. - a small vessel for measuring or serving medicine.

THE PHRONTISTERY WEBSITE: Jim (1) + Melissa (1) + Hutch (1) = 3

Jim: 1 point because I like the phrase "serving medicine"

Jean-Joseph: These come with every bottle of cough syrup that I buy.
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