This week's theme: words made using combining forms. setiform (SEE-tuh-form) adjective
Bristle-shaped or having bristles. [From Latin seti- (bristle) + -form.] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "The compound was full of figures, the scampering setiform bodies of chimpanzees and the taller, more exiguous* forms of their closest living relatives." Will Self; Great Apes; Grove Press; 1998. * small; slender. Sponsors' messages: See a map of your word in the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=h7q Which great writer was a pee drinker? Find out in "Secret Lives of Great Authors" Use promocode WORDADAY for 25% off entire order http://quirkbooks.com Free: Hugh tells how you can buy a year's supply of shampoo for a family of 3 for $3. Expert says "None better." Write today! [EMAIL PROTECTED] ............................................................................ We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past. -Miguel de Unamuno, writer and philosopher (1864-1936) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/setiform.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/setiform.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/setiform.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
