Define cornaptious(sp?) and win a hundred dollars!!!

Lioness · 03-09-2002, 12:53 AM

Actually, define cornaptious and I win a hundred dollars.

I have a deal with my uncle...if I can find the definition of cornaptious, and then find the sentence it is used in(he'll give me hints) I win a hundred dollars. Or it could be cornapcious...

So...help!

Pleeeeeeeease. I already checked webster.com.

fable · 03-09-2002, 01:09 AM

You give two different spellings. Are you sure of either? Could the word have been cornaceous, belonging to the biological order of Cornaceae? It's the only one I can think of. I'll check later, when I'm home, and have access to the Oxford English Dictionary.

As for $100, assuming I'm right, donate it to the American Lung Association, or your national, regional or local equivalent.

LennonCook · 03-09-2002, 01:10 AM

Couldnt find it at dictionary.com... cant find my dictionary... so, i cant help you

Dreamer128 · 03-09-2002, 05:16 AM

Are you sure your uncle isn't playing a prank on you with a non-excisting word? $100 seems a lot to risk.

Lord of Alcohol · 03-09-2002, 06:12 AM

cornaptious- one who is apt at eating corn. Example- Chuck doesnt like his vegetable but is voraciously cornaptious, eating it by the bushel. Hope that helps, can we split the hundred?

Rikard_OHF · 03-09-2002, 07:20 AM

Hold on, hold on...
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Webster.com????????

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Talthyr Malkaviel · 03-09-2002, 07:50 AM

Are you sure it's cornaptious?? That isn't a word IIRC.
Could it be one of the following:

(Someone might have already said this one..
Cornaceae- A tree family, for example, ythe cornel tree of the genus cornus?

Coriaceous-
1) Resembling leather, leathery
2) Made of leather ?
(Comes from Corium- 1) the true skin, under the epidermis or 2) leather armour.)

Cornemuse- A French bagpipe (strange I know

)

Cornigerous- Horned

Cornucopia- The horn of plenty, in one fable being the horn of the goat that suckled Jupiter, sometimes an ornament of a horn overflowing with fruits, but now it's often used to mean an abundant supply or stock.

Sorry, that's all I can think of right now.. maybe it's some old or american slang word I've never heard of.

Attalus · 03-09-2002, 08:45 AM

Oh, come on you guys. Corntraption is a variant of "contraption", an Americanism meaning "invention or gadget of vaguely spurious or doubtful value or usage." Hope you win, Lioness.

/)eathKiller · 03-09-2002, 08:56 AM

well, considering that it's you're uncle who knows the word it probably does mean someone who is apt in the area of consuming corn....

*spins it around and eats it like a typewriter except in one large sweep on the upper jaw*

And they said that corn was for popin'!

Attalus · 03-09-2002, 09:27 AM

Okay, I looked up "cornacious" in my old-fashioned OED and it has no listing either in the main text or in the Supplement. Going to try to find my Dictionary of American Slang.

03-09-2002, 12:53 AM	#1
Lioness Jack Burton Join Date: June 3, 2001 Location: Among the Stars Age: 36 Posts: 5,837	Actually, define cornaptious and I win a hundred dollars. I have a deal with my uncle...if I can find the definition of cornaptious, and then find the sentence it is used in(he'll give me hints) I win a hundred dollars. Or it could be cornapcious... So...help! Pleeeeeeeease. I already checked webster.com. __________________ [img]\"ubb/noncgi/smiles/lioness1.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /> <br /><br />Premier Waitress/Smacker of Cloudy\'s Cafe<br /><br />\"the only people for me are the mad ones...\"

03-09-2002, 06:12 AM	#5
Lord of Alcohol Xanathar Thieves Guild Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: Charlotte,NC Age: 60 Posts: 4,570	cornaptious- one who is apt at eating corn. Example- Chuck doesnt like his vegetable but is voraciously cornaptious, eating it by the bushel. Hope that helps, can we split the hundred? __________________ No

03-09-2002, 07:20 AM	#6
Rikard_OHF Beholder Join Date: March 4, 2001 Location: Het Hertogdom Gelre!!!!! Age: 39 Posts: 4,364	Hold on, hold on... [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img] Webster.com???????? [ 03-09-2002: Message edited by: Rikard_OHF ] __________________ [img]\"http://confed.xl-designs.com/siggeh18.gif\" alt=\" - \" /><br /> <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[bunny]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/bunny.gif\" /> Return of the Bunny Army! <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[bunny]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/bunny.gif\" />

03-09-2002, 07:50 AM	#7
Talthyr Malkaviel Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: August 31, 2001 Location: Land of the Britons Age: 37 Posts: 3,224	Are you sure it's cornaptious?? That isn't a word IIRC. Could it be one of the following: (Someone might have already said this one.. Cornaceae- A tree family, for example, ythe cornel tree of the genus cornus? Coriaceous- 1) Resembling leather, leathery 2) Made of leather ? (Comes from Corium- 1) the true skin, under the epidermis or 2) leather armour.) Cornemuse- A French bagpipe (strange I know ) Cornigerous- Horned Cornucopia- The horn of plenty, in one fable being the horn of the goat that suckled Jupiter, sometimes an ornament of a horn overflowing with fruits, but now it's often used to mean an abundant supply or stock. Sorry, that's all I can think of right now.. maybe it's some old or american slang word I've never heard of. __________________ Resident cantankerous sorcerer of the Clan HADB<br />and Sorcerous Nuttella salesman of the O.R.T<br /> <br /><br />Say NO to the Trouser Tyranny! Can I drill you about this?

03-09-2002, 08:45 AM	#8
Attalus Symbol of Bane Join Date: November 26, 2001 Location: Texas Age: 75 Posts: 8,167	Oh, come on you guys. Corntraption is a variant of "contraption", an Americanism meaning "invention or gadget of vaguely spurious or doubtful value or usage." Hope you win, Lioness. __________________ Even Heroes sometimes fail...

03-09-2002, 01:09 AM	#2
fable Quintesson Join Date: March 17, 2001 Location: Where I am. Posts: 1,089	You give two different spellings. Are you sure of either? Could the word have been cornaceous, belonging to the biological order of Cornaceae? It's the only one I can think of. I'll check later, when I'm home, and have access to the Oxford English Dictionary. As for $100, assuming I'm right, donate it to the American Lung Association, or your national, regional or local equivalent.

03-09-2002, 01:10 AM	#3
LennonCook Jack Burton Join Date: November 10, 2001 Location: Bathurst & Orange, in constant flux Age: 37 Posts: 5,452	Couldnt find it at dictionary.com... cant find my dictionary... so, i cant help you

03-09-2002, 05:16 AM	#4
Dreamer128 Dracolisk Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Europe Age: 39 Posts: 6,136	Are you sure your uncle isn't playing a prank on you with a non-excisting word? $100 seems a lot to risk.

03-09-2002, 08:56 AM	#9
/)eathKiller Dracolisk Join Date: January 5, 2002 Location: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Age: 38 Posts: 6,043	well, considering that it's you're uncle who knows the word it probably does mean someone who is apt in the area of consuming corn.... spins it around and eats it like a typewriter except in one large sweep on the upper jaw And they said that corn was for popin'! __________________ [img]\"http://membres.lycos.fr/th8or/ZeroSigForIronworks.gif\" alt=\" - \" /> o.o;

03-09-2002, 09:27 AM	#10
Attalus Symbol of Bane Join Date: November 26, 2001 Location: Texas Age: 75 Posts: 8,167	Okay, I looked up "cornacious" in my old-fashioned OED and it has no listing either in the main text or in the Supplement. Going to try to find my Dictionary of American Slang. __________________ Even Heroes sometimes fail...

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