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Word of the Day



franknbea
United Kingdom

Word of the Day
 
Good Morning One and All!
 
Today �s word of the day is; Clithridiate
All responses are welcome but please don �t post a dicitionary definition as that kind of spoils it for the people who come after you.
Thanks!
Answer will be posted later today.
 
virtual slush puppies for all correct answers.

21 Aug 2010      





leonidas75
Spain

Sounds like a chemical to me Confused

21 Aug 2010     



Kate (kkcat)
Russian Federation


EDIT: I definitely don�t like the way this word sounds, so it may mean something unpleasant...

21 Aug 2010     



lshorton99
China

Clith sounds like Sith and ridiate could be to get rid of.

My guess - to get rid of dark Jedi Lords!

Lindsey

21 Aug 2010     



kodora
Greece

Cli-from client, thri-from thrice diate so it means to triple your clients.Ha-ha-ha!
Dora
EDIT:Here is another guess.
From the ancient Greek word kleithron=lock ,so it means to use locks!!!

21 Aug 2010     



anitarobi
Croatia

Sounds like something from Lord of the RingsWink
Something to do with clensing perhaps???
PS: couldn�t resist checking in Dictionary of Difficult words! Boy, was I off base!!!Big smile good one, Frank!

21 Aug 2010     



libertybelle
United States

I have never heard of it!  We learn everyday - right?

Let �s see............Clithridiate

Clith - ridate  hmmmm - perhaps the watering of a cliff spoken by a person with a speech impediment???  LOL

21 Aug 2010     



Mietz
Germany

Hmmmh.

Cli - maybe some name
thri - three
di - two
ate - past of eat?

Cli ate three or two times less than normal for a while? Wink

I have no idea - as usual...Wacko But I love this game. :-)

21 Aug 2010     



MarionG
Netherlands

I could only come up with some ideas not necessarily fit for the forum....

I checked the real meaning and the only connection to my associations were poetic.....

21 Aug 2010     



almaz
United Kingdom

clithridiate: adj. joc. describing an adult male who thinks he �s an 11-year old boy. cf krankiate (an adult female who thinks she �s an 11-year old boy)
[from Jimmy Clitheroe, an English comedian - see here]

21 Aug 2010     



Laly59
Spain

Hi everyone, I was looking for that word on internet and a dictionary called  wordnik.com say the next:

Shaped like a keyhole: applied to the form of the orifice of the zooecia? of certain polyzoans.

21 Aug 2010     

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