While I guess that's better than prurient! Maybe.
I would have to check the etymology of the two words before being sure. n Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University [email protected] https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Prof David West Sent: Saturday, October 3, 2020 2:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FRIAM] for Nick - prurient entymology you are the exemplar etymologist. On Sat, Oct 3, 2020, at 12:59 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Dave, > > Why me, oh Lord! Why me? > > Nick > > Nicholas Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University > [email protected] https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Prof David West > Sent: Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FRIAM] for Nick - prurient entymology > > Avocado - from Aztec (via Spanish) ahucatl, meaning testicle > > Etiquette - little signs that that Louis XIV put out to remind people not to > pee in the fountains of Versaille > > Bully - from Duth boel meaing lover > > Editor - Roman title for someone charged with organizing human sacrifices > > fascinate from Latin fascinum - penis amulet - and fascinare - charm or hex > > davew > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
