<html><head></head><body><div dir="auto">Heck, I can't even figure out which definition was mine!<br><br></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote" >On May 4, 2019, at 21:53, Jim Moskowitz <<a href="mailto:jim@jimmosk.com" target="_blank">jim@jimmosk.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="blue"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> On May 4, 2019, at 9:04 PM, Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit@moonmilk.com> wrote:<br> <br> 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. <br></blockquote><br>Almost 18 years ago! To which definitions would you give points nowadays?<br><br><br>Date: 2 Aug 2001 20:29:14 -0000<br>Message-ID: <20010802202914.27202.qmail@smtp.bwn.net><br>To: fictionary@plover.com<br>Subject: Make Your Fictionary Selections!<br>From: hutch@bewellnet.com<br><br><br>I notice that no one could make this word into anything but a noun.<br><br>Usual voting rules: Give 2 points to the one you think most likely, 1 point to the runner-up.<br><br>----------<br><br>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<br><br>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<br><br>masdevallia : n. a creamy Italian confection, flavored with almond extract<br><br>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<br><br>masdevallia : n. a large, flightless snail (Achatina loricata) native to the Atlantic coast of Central America, prized for its ability to clear blocked pipes<br><br>masdevallia : n. a repetitious dream about waking<br><br>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<br><br>masdevallia : n. a flowering herb native to central and southern Europe<br><br>masdevallia : n. items left in the suitcase after a voyage<br><br>masdevallia : n. (Obs.) 1) any prosthetic device worn on the face or head 2) dentures<br><br>masdevallia : n. foodstuffs used for religious purposes, e.g. wafers consumed during the Catholic rite of communion<br><br>----------<br><br>Good luck!<br><br>BB,<br>Hutch<br><br></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>