[Fictionary] Masdevallia sighting

[Jim Moskowitz]

> On May 4, 2019, at 9:04 PM, Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit at moonmilk.com> wrote:
> 
> How long ago was Masdevallia a fictionary word? I've got at least 15 years archived here and couldn't find it! ...I'm too lazy to dig up the older archives. 

Almost 18 years ago! To which definitions would you give points nowadays?


Date: 2 Aug 2001 20:29:14 -0000
Message-ID: <20010802202914.27202.qmail at smtp.bwn.net>
To: fictionary at plover.com
Subject: Make Your Fictionary Selections!
From: hutch at bewellnet.com


I notice that no one could make this word into anything but a noun.

Usual voting rules: Give 2 points to the one you think most likely, 1 point to the runner-up.

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masdevallia : n. 1) a treasure trove or cornucopia, a sort of Spanish potlatch 2) a semi-tropical viney plant with profuse pink to magenta to maroon blooms 3) a festival of giving away old household goods to new homes, so named for the flowery vines used to decorate the trays and baskets and carts of the participants

masdevallia : n. a large genus of tropical American orchids whose flowers have sepals fused at the base forming a tube; includes orchids sometimes placed in genera Dracula and Dryadella

masdevallia : n. a creamy Italian confection, flavored with almond extract

masdevallia : n. an exiled political leader with aspirations to return home in triumph and establish a semi-dictatorial Catholic Socialist regime; see Jorge Mas Canosa and Eamon de Valera

masdevallia : n. a large, flightless snail (Achatina loricata) native to the Atlantic coast of Central America, prized for its ability to clear blocked pipes

masdevallia : n. a repetitious dream about waking

masdevallia : n. a dance popular in Provence in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in which young men and women exchanged handkerchiefs scented with their sweat

masdevallia : n. a flowering herb native to central and southern Europe

masdevallia : n. items left in the suitcase after a voyage

masdevallia : n. (Obs.) 1) any prosthetic device worn on the face or head 2) dentures

masdevallia : n. foodstuffs used for religious purposes, e.g. wafers consumed during the Catholic rite of communion

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Good luck!

BB,
Hutch