On Wednesday 19 March 2014 23:18:09 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 19 March 2014 17:47:20 Charles Kroeger wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:10:02 +0100 > > > > Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > fenestral hordes. > > > > I rather like your description of them but wouldn't it have been > > more proper to use the term 'fenestrated' it is an adjective. In > > anatomy, this would apply to 'having perforations, apertures > > suggesting perhaps of having been buggered. > > Yes - but I was not talking doctor-speak, which is a language all > of itys own. I am quite happy that fenestral means _exactly_ what > I intended it to mean! And it was certainly "proper" to use it in > that way. In architecture it is fenestrated that would mean having > holes!! > > From Wiktionary: > Adjective > fenestral (not comparable) > (architecture) Relating to a window or windows. > > Adjective > fenestrated (comparative more fenestrated, superlative most > fenestrated) > (architecture) Having windows > > From Collins 20C dictionary - more my own era ;-) - > > fenestrated - .....pierced, perforated ... > > > Deo Soli Debianae Invicto Seculari > > While we are correcting each other, Liddle and Scott prefers > saeculari. You must be American! > > Lisi
Now how did that thread get broken??? Sorry, folks. I'll try to repost it to the correct place. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201403192324.45919.lisi.re...@gmail.com