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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: Additional Words from French to English
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 14:48:45 -0500 (EST)
Additional Words from French to English 1848 Dictionnaire already described and of the z of the first part Z, the 25th letter of the French alphabet Zacynthe, a sort of wild succory Zagaie, sf. zagaye, long Moorish dart Zagu ou Sagou, the sago-tree Zaim, Turkish horseman Zain, a horse all of one dark colour, without spot or mark Zani, buffoon, zany Zebre, zebra, wild ass Zelateur, trice, zealot, a stickler Zele, zeal Zele, zealous Zelote, a jealous man Zelotopie, extreme jealousy Zelotypie, zeal carried to far Zenith, zenith Zenonique, belonging or conformable to the doctrine of Zeno Zenonisme, the doctrine of Zeno Zephyr, zephyr Zero, nought Zest, fiddlestick! pshaw! pish! Entre le zist et le zest, tolerably; so so; neither good nor bad Zeste, thin piece of orange peel; thick skin quartering the kernel of a walnut Zetetique, zetetic, proceeding by inquiry Zibeline, zibellina, sable Zigzag, zig zag, crankles Zinc, zinc Zinzolin, reddish violet colour Zist, see Zest Zizanie, dissension, discord, tare Ziziphe, jujube-tree Zodiacal, belonging to the zodiac Zodiaque, zodiac Zoilc, snarling critic Zone, zone Zoographe, one who describes or writes on animals Zoographie, zoography, description of animals Zoolatrie, worship of animals Zoolithe, petrified animal substance Zoologie, treatise on animals Zoophore, zoophorus Zoophorique, zoophorie Zoophyte, vegetables or substances which partake of the nature of animal and vegetable life Zootomie, dissection of beasts Zopissa, zopissa, the pitch and tar which is scraped from old ships Zoroche, a sort of metallic silver Zoucet, plungeon, a sea bird Zymosimetre, zymosimeter, an instrument to measure the degree of heat in liquors =