[Fictionary] Masdevallia sighting

[Hutch]

I'm having a gut reaction to not recalling sending this word out at all,
even after seeing it I still don't remember it.

This 'getting old' stuff REALLY ain't for wimps ... The problem with that,
of course ...

I'm a wimp!!!

BB,
Hutch

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On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 10:59 AM lindafowens at netzero.net <
lindafowens at netzero.net> wrote:

> But I'm having a gut reaction to the sweat-filled hanky.  LINda
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "lindafowens at netzero.net" <lindafowens at netzero.net>
> To: jim at jimmosk.com
> Cc: fictionary at swarpa.net
> Subject: Re: [Fictionary] Masdevallia sighting
> Date: Sun, 5 May 2019 14:51:22 GMT
>
> I don't recall this word, and I think Judith signed me up for
> Fictionary in about 2001 .LInda
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Jim Moskowitz <jim at jimmosk.com>
> To: fictionary <fictionary at swarpa.net>
> Subject: Re: [Fictionary] Masdevallia sighting
> Date: Sat, 4 May 2019 21:53:18 -0400
>
>
> > 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.
>
> ----------
>
> 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
>
> ----------
>
> Good luck!
>
> BB,
> Hutch
>
>
>
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