A Conversation for The h2g2 Word of the Day (Discontinued)
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Zebedee Yeleron Groovemonster Started conversation Oct 11, 2000
Surprised not to see the following already:
Ectomorph - lean-bodied person
Endomorph - person of pyknic build
Mesomorph - person with compact muscular body-build
Sanguine - habitually hopeful, confident, expecting things to go well
Scurrilous - grossly or obscenely abusive; given to or expressed with low buffoonery
Splendid work here - I was able to send a friend a shortcut to prove the existence of the word "merkin" - to which he had previously laughed in my face ...
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Captain Kebab Posted Oct 11, 2000
postilion or postillion - Person who guides post horses, or horses pulling any carriage.
Something of a challenge to work this into normal conversation.
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