Take a guess at what these words mean by trying to match them up to their definitions below. All guesses are welcome... the answers will be revealed next week.
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Eleemosynary Higgler Nudiustertian Oppugn Snollygoster |
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To fight against; to call in question. (verb)
Of or relating to the day before yesterday. (adj)
A clever, unscrupulous, shrewd person. (noun)
An itinerant dealer or peddler. (noun)
Of or relating to alms, charity. (adj)
What fun! I think I shall try this. =)
ReplyDeleteEleemonsynary - Of or relating to the day before yesterday (adj)
Higgler - An itinerant dealer of peddler (noun)
Nudiustertian - A clever, unscrupulous, shrewd person (noun)
Oppugn - To fight against; to call in question (verb)
Smollygoster - Of or relating to alms, charity (adj)
Looking forward to seeing the answers! =D
Eleemosynary---Of or relating to alms, charity. (adj)
ReplyDeleteHiggler---An itinerant dealer or peddler. (noun)
Nudiustertian---A clever, unscrupulous, shrewd person. (noun)
Oppugn---Of or relating to the day before yesterday. (adj)
Snollygoster---To fight against; to call in question. (verb)
Wow, where in the world did you come up with those words? lol I'm almost tempted to look them up now that I guessed. :-D I'll wait though. lol
Cool! Hmmmm..
ReplyDeleteEleemonsynary - Of or relating to alms, charity. (adj)
Higgler - An itinerant dealer or peddler. (noun)
Nudiustertian - Of or relating to the day before yesterday. (adj)
Oppugn - To fight against; to call in question. (verb)
Snollygoster - A clever, unscrupulous, shrewd person. (noun)
That was fun! I probably got them all wrong, but oh well! :)
Eleemosynary - Of or relating to the day before yesterday. (adj)
ReplyDeleteHiggler - An itinerant dealer or peddler. (noun)
Nudiustertian - Of or relating to alms, charity. (adj)
Oppugn - To fight against; to call in question. (verb)
Snollygoster - A clever, unscrupulous, shrewd person. (noun)
That was fun! :) I'm looking forward to checking in here again next week to see the answers! God bless!
Whoa, those are some er... interesting words!
ReplyDeleteHere's my guess:
Eleemosynary - Of or relating to alms, charity
Higgler - An itinerant dealer or peddler
Nudiustertian - Of or relating to the day before yesterday
Oppugn - To fight against; to call in question
Snollygoster - A clever, unscrupulous, shrewd person
Those are pretty much random guesses, except that I tried to discern between nouns/noun definitions and verbs/verb definitions. Can't wait to see the answers revealed!
Wow, those are some fun words! If I had more time I'd try and figure out their respective meanings, but ack...school calls.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, thanks for your comment! I keep an entire Word.doc full of names too!
Chazak,
~Hannah
Eleemosynary: Of or relating to the day before yesterday. (adj)
ReplyDeleteHiggler: An itinerant dealer or peddler. (noun)
Nudiustertian: A clever, unscrupulous, shrewd person. (noun)
Oppugn: To fight against; to call in question. (verb)
Snollygoster: Of or relating to alms, charity. (adj)
Well, those are my guesses :). You picked some really interesting words!
I hope you have a wonderful week!
~Alyssa