"Unring" Not in OED
Jesse Sheidlower
jester at PANIX.COM
Tue Nov 27 18:23:51 UTC 2007
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 01:20:00PM -0500, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> At 11/27/2007 11:58 AM, Charles Doyle wrote:
> >Chiming in from the paremiological wing ...
>
> I always appreciate a new WOTD, but what does "paremiological"
> mean? It, like "unring", is not in my OED.
Perhaps something like 'of or relating to the work of a
paremiologist', the last word being one that is in your OED.
Jesse Sheidlower
OED
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