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STAN MULAIK <[log in to unmask]>
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INTERLNG: Discussiones in Interlingua
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Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:59:31 -0500
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>> Que libertate resona del culmines {curvaceose*} de
>> California!
>   {* Io non ha trovate "curvaceose" in le IED o in le EIGloss de Jay (que
>   include le CEID). Mais io ha "curvaceous" in mi dictionario de anglese.
>      CURVACEOUS adj. Voluptuous in figure.
>      VOLUPTUOUS adj. 1. Characterized by or giving sensual gratification.
>   2. Given over to sensual pleasures.
>   De isto io deduce que "curvaceous" serea un adjectivo applicate al
>   corpore de un belle femina.
>   Applicante le idea a montes, io suggererea "gratiosemente sinuose", o
>   forsan mesmo simplemente "gratiose".}

"curvacee"? plen de haber le characteristica de curva?  Nova formation.
 -acee < Lat. -aceus = haber le proprietate o forte tendentia de ....

Webster's Dictionary dice pro anglese:

curvaceous [adj]  voluptuous, full-figured
Synonyms:  bosomy, buxom, curvesome, curvilinear, curvy, rounded, shapely,
statuesque, well-developed, well-proportioned, well-rounded, zaftig*

-aceous  adj suffix  [L -aceus]

p.e., anglese ha

coriaceous = coriacee
diatomaceous = diatomacee
crustaceous = crustacee
cetaceous = cetacee
setaceous = setacee
bristle = seta

Stan Mulaik

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