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...and could not be more true for me either. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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Here is a useful word from the language of the indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego (at the tip of S.Amer.):
mamhilapinatapai = the uncomfortable feeling experienced when two people are hoping that the other will volunteer to do something that both want done, but neither is willing to do.

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Wierd...I can't seem to edit my own post. It acts like it works, but then nothing changes.

Anyway, here is an example of use in a sentence:
The mamhilapinatapai was overwhelming -- almost as overwhelming as the odor from the old dying dog's pile of crap in the corner of the living room.

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Great Word dmm(notice the medal you get in the post icon).


Today's Word:
Forecastle Now this word is very interesting in pronunciation. My Dictionary has two pronunciation for this word. What I think is the correct way of saying it and the way the word looks. Foks l(the o is long.) and the way the word looks. Fore and castle. I do believe foks l' is the proper way of pronunciation.

n
1. front part of ship: the space at the front end of a ship below the main deck, traditionally where the crew’s quarters were located
2. raised deck at bow: a raised section of deck at the bow of a ship

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Here is a Online scrabble site mentioned on slashdot today...

Scrabble!

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Perhaps a nice word such as Hymeneal would work? It means "Pertaining to a wedding or a marriage", and comes in straight line from Greek. I cannot think of a word on this root that would mean "wedding" though.

In case it doesn't qualify (and I have a hunch it won't), I will settle for a nice "to mesmerise":
1: To spellbind; enthrall
2: To induce hypnosis in.

Voilà!

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incorrigible
adjective
1. Incapable of being corrected or reformed: an incorrigible criminal.
2. Firmly rooted; ineradicable: incorrigible faults.
3. Difficult or impossible to control or manage: an incorrigible, spoiled child.

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Who is Fyron? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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And assuming it's not pronounced as it's spelled... how do we pronounce this jem? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif I would assume something along the lines of mam-he-lap-in-ah-TAH-pie. A bit of a mouthful [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

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Your Words are just fine. Sorry I been lax with the Word of the Day topic.


Today's Word:
Kvetch pronounced "ka vech"

kvetch·ing, 3rd person present singular kvetch·es)
complain incessantly: to grumble and complain about things all the time (like your wife?)


n (plural kvetch·es) (informal)
1. somebody incessantly complaining: somebody who is always grumbling and complaining about things (like your wife?)
2. complaint: a complaint about something (what your your wife likes to do?)

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Kvetch was originally a Russian word. Unless my memory is failing me again... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif

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I thought it was Hebrew/Yiddish.

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Ah, you could be right. Not the first time I was wrong! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

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Piquant:
1. Spicy.
2. Appealingly provocative.
3 Charming, interesting, or attractive.
4. Archaic: Causing hurt feelings; stinging.

Being fairly lazy, the above definition comes straigth from the trusted dictionary. For once, a French word has almost kept the same meaning in English and the same spelling (well, expect that the fourth meaning is the most common in French; is it really archaic?).

Oh, and what about creating words as well? For example, wouldn't "gabegie" be a nice-looking word for English? It means "turmoil or various trouble, especially due to a mismanagement" in French, but you could probably broaden its meaning a bit.

Let's see: "The word "Gabegie" was the only one fitting to describe the situation at the office after his blunder." Hmm... It is perhaps not such a great idea.

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Where is no such word in Russian.

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My dictionary says... [Mid-20th century. Via Yiddish kvetsh (noun) and kvetshn (verb) from German Quetsche “crusher” and quetschen “to crush, squeeze.”]

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Alneyan! tut tut tut. You didn't tell us how to pronounce it. I myself said pee*quant. But, I found out piquant is pronounced pee*kent. I offically ban Alneyan for one week effective today. For voilating the rule of words http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif. While I'm here...
Today's Word:
Effulgence pronounced ef·ful·gence

n
brightness: brightness or a brilliant light radiating from something (literary)

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vicarious
adjective
1. Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
2. Endured or done by one person substituting for another
3. Acting or serving in place of someone or something else; substituted.
4. Committed or entrusted to another, as powers or authority; delegated.

adverb
vicariously

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I like that Kamog. I will use that today in an e-mail. But I have to put this word out...

Today's Word:
Qwerty pronounced KWER*ty

n
having standard typewriter keyboard layout: used to describe a typewriter or computer keyboard with the standard arrangement of keys for the alphabet, with the top row of alphabetic characters beginning with the letters q,w, e, r, t, and y.

And I have something special. A bonus word! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif

Today's bonus Word:
Azerty pronounced a*zer*ty. Not hard at all.

adj
having European typewriter keyboard layout: used to describe a computer or typewriter keyboard layout in continental Europe, where the top row of letters, beginning from the left, runs A, Z, E, R, T, Y.


Can you handle all this! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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premonitory

adjective
1. Giving previous warning or notice
2. Warning of future misfortune

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Today's Word:
Coiffeur kwaa fúr

n
male hair stylist: a male hairdresser (formal)

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Kamog! You were supposed not to post until Lan had lifted his wicked ban upon the user known as Alneyan (I am speaking on his behalf, nothing more; I am his lawyer if you will)! How could you do this to me... erh, to my client http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Kidding aside, I cannot truly post how it is supposed to be pronounced because I do not know how you pronounce all these French words. So I will gently refer you to the closest up-to-date dictionary (mine is seriously lacking in the field of French words) to find out how to pronounce it. On the other hand, I could give you the French pronouncation, but that wouldn't be all too helpful, would it?

My lawyer has declared me to be innocent, and so I am going back to business. The word "coiffeur" has also a feminine form "coiffeuse" that might be used in English as well. The pronouncation might be something like "kwaa fuz", but I do not know the phonetical alphabet.

My word shall be "Parvenu" (a feminine form might be used, but would be rather rare I guess. It would be "parvenue"). It is a more formal word for "upstart", as in "Did you see who is the current king at KOTH? That parvenu, Asmala, just snatched the crown as if it were his. The youth these days...". My apologises go to Asmala for having targetted him by my vile accusations. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

And since I have been unable to post for the past few days, here goes another word: Sphery (pronounced like, erh, a sphere). This word means "relating to the celestial spheres" or "starlike", and, to the best of my knowledge, is mostly used in poetry or in literature.

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Well done my friend. The ban has been lifted! Anyway, I will be on a jaunt for a few days. So it's up to Kamog to keep the Word of the Day going. I have not heard from him if he is up to it. So that means anyone can throw their word into the mix. Have fun! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

But I might as well leave with a word that's close to my heart...
Today's word:
Masse pronounced mas*say

n
curving billiards shot: a shot in cue games in which the cue is held almost vertically to strike the cue ball off center, making it curve around one ball to hit another

Side note from a pool player: The Masse is the hardest shot there is. You must have a good game even to try it as it's a bit odd to shoot from a vertical angle. You can even get kicked out a pool hall for tring it(unless the owner knows you and trusts your skill with a cue. Then you can do it.). The dangers can be ripped cloth(about 200 dollars these days to replace) or a broken pool cue. It's not easy to do that kind of damage but it is possible to do so.

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anachronism
1. The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order.
2. One that is out of its proper or chronological order, especially a person or practice that belongs to an earlier time.

adjective:
anachronistic, anachronous

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inimical
adjective

1. Injurious or harmful in effect; adverse: habits inimical to good health.
2. Unfriendly; hostile: a cold, inimical voice.

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bathyscaphe
pronounced: ba-thi-skaf
noun

1. A free-diving deep-sea vessel consisting of a large flotation hull with a crewed observation capsule attached to its underside, usually capable of reaching full ocean depths.

2. navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration

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facetious
pronunciation: fuh-SEE-shus
adjective

1. Joking or jesting often inappropriately: just being facetious
2. meant to be humorous or funny, not serious: a facetious remark

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*Pops in discreetly, while nobody is watching*

Frolic (pronounced... erh, quite like frolic actually):
Noun:
1) Merriment: Fun and frolics
2) A gay, carefree time.
Verb:
1) To behave playfully without any inhibition
2) To engage in merrymaking

The adjective form is "frolic" or "frolicsome", both of them being somewhat dated. It shouldn't be difficult to guess the meaning of these two adjectives though.

And while I am at it:

Mien
Noun:

1) Bearing or manner, especially one revealing an inner state of mind
2) Appearance or aspect, especially the typical expression on their faces.

If you are interested in idle speculation, the French word "mine" has more or less the same meaning (along with the other meanings of the English "mine"), although the French word is quite informal whereas "mien" seems formal or even literary.

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I have returned!!! And I bought myself a brand new dictionary! With a free dictionary on CD and a year free for the Online Version! Sweet! I have alot of new words for everyone to enjoy. Also I send many Thank You's to Mr. Kamog for a magnanimous task in keep the topic alive. Thank You. au revoir all!

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Hello.

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So, you seem to have forgotten something of great importance Lan; me! *Huddles in a corner and cries* http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Kidding aside, here comes my modest contribution for the day. I had a better word in mind, but I have forgotten it (as usual).

Serif (it should be pronounced as it is written. Hopefully)
Noun
A fine line finishing off the main strokes of a letter (as the top and bottom of M). (Definition shamelessly "inspirated" by dictionary.com)

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inebriate

1. To make drunk; intoxicate
2. To exhilarate or stupefy as if by alcohol
3. One who is drunk; an intoxicated person

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My dear Alneyan! There is nothing wrong with dictionary.com. I love the site myself and I get their 'Word of the Day' email. Merriam-Webster, is the best so far I have seen. Not only do they have another word of the day email. They also have some great word games as well http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif!*heart races at the thought* I can get to excited about words. I can see now why my friends are starting to call me "Mr.Dictionary"! Anyway, its been a while so here is today's word...


Today's word:

Plenipotentiary plen*a*po*ten*tiary


adj
1. having full power: invested with complete authority to act independently
2. conferring full power: giving the holder complete authority to act independently


n (plural plen·i·po·ten·ti·ar·ies)
official with full powers: an ambassador, envoy, or delegate invested with full authority to act or negotiate independently on behalf of a government or sovereign


[Mid-17th century. Via medieval Latin plenipotentiarius from the late Latin stem plenipotent- , literally “having full power,” from plenus “full” + potens “powerful.”]

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Well, it does look like you have their Word of the Day email; plenipotentiary was featured as a Word of the Day a few days ago (if memory serves). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif Granted, I was going to submit it myself, hoping nobody would notice it, but...

I only know Word Crazy from Merriam-Webster; did they make other such games? (Word Crazy was for computers, and was released several years ago; 1995 or 1996 perhaps)

Arabesque will be my not so daily contribution. It is a noun, pronounced more or less like "arabesk". Its meanings are as follow:
1) A ballet position (no, I will *not* do it myself)
2) An ornate musical composition, especially for piano
3) An intricate or elaborate design or pattern, that may include floral or geometric figures.

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Oh Mr. Alneyan I think you would have the legs for an arabesque! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif


Today's Word:

Jamais vu zha(long a) may voo

n
disconnection of perception and memory: an irrational feeling, occurring in some forms of epilepsy and some psychiatric conditions, that what is being perceived has never been seen before
See also déjà vu


[From French , literally “never seen”]

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Well, a ballet would require more than one dancer; therefore, I should ask you to perform an arabesque with myself (I would indeed be quite annoyed should you say "yes").

Hierophant (pronouncation would probably be roughly the same one as in Ancient Greek; I cannot decipher the "how to say it" part of dictionary.com definition though). It would literally mean something such as "Someone showing the holy".

1) Originally a title for Greek priests in mystery cults, especially the Eleusinian mysteries.
2) By extension, someone interpreting mysteries or arcane knowledge.

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I should do my best to avoid leaving this thread without a daily update. This will be my apology for giving a rather mundane word today.

Galore (it is pronounced as "galore"; if you do not know how to say "galore", check at "galore"). This word is an adjective. Its meaning is "in great numbers; in abudance".

An example sentence would be "There were mistakes galore in that paper". A more interesting sentence to most Users of this forum will be: "Beer galore".

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What do you think I would say? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif Yes. I would like to do ballet with you. As long you are the coryphée. Narf, Kamog, and I would be the other dancers. Wait! I would feel bilious at the thought of us dancing. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif Never mind. On to the words!


I want to do something different today. The person of the day.

Today's Person:

Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
(1778 -1852) Russian explorer. He explored an area of the Antarctic Sea (1819–1821) that was later named for him.

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Or, I could beat you all on the head and shoulders with [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif[/img]

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If you do I shall see you in court. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif




Today's Word:

Fianchetto fee in chet toe

n (plural fi·an·chet·tos or fi·an·chet·ti)
chess move of bishop: in chess, the development of a bishop by moving it from its original position to the second square of the adjacent knight’s file


vt (past fi·an·chet·toed, past participle fi·an·chet·toed, present participle fi·an·chet·to·ing, 3rd person present singular fi·an·chet·tos)
move bishop: to move a bishop using a fianchetto


[Mid-19th century. From Italian , literally “little flank,” from fianco “flank.”]

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I am hurrying a bit for my daily contribution. The reason is to begin typing this post before midnight (local time), thus allowing me to do two Posts in a row.

So: pestilence. It is a noun, pronounced as advertised in the dictionary. Its meanings are as follow:
1) A fatal epidemic disease, especially a specific plague (does it show I haven't studied biology much?)
2) By extension, a pernicious or evil influence.

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Narf, you cannot strike down a fellow mouse with your Hammers of Doom. Yes, I am actually a mouse, only I am posing as a human to fool these gullible creatures. It does make sense. So please put down this hammer, will you? On the other hand (mice do not have hands, but that shall be made irrelevant), Lan happens to be a sworn enemy of the Most Holy Cause of the Mice, and has actually been involved in plots against the Cause. These facts are obviously not biased at all, and not altered by my concerns about my safety.

So here comes the second word, now that I have sneaked one at 2359 (server time for my time zone). Resilience. It is a noun, pronounced... Who am I fooling? Everybody knows the "pronouncation" field is only here to placate Lan after all. But perhaps I shouldn't have said that aloud...

1) The ability to quickly recover from illness or change. (Will be helpful once Narf has done some smiting with his hammers.)
2) The property of a material that enables it to resume its original shape or position after being bent, stretched or compressed. (Ditto.)

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Bah! I see through your babblings! You posted your 'plot' for all to see! Let the hammering commence!

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Resilience... I remember when I first learned that word! It was back when I was a kid and playing video games on the Intellivision. (In case you haven't heard of them, Intellivision was a game console, like Playstation or Nintendo, and it took cartridges.)

There was a two-player game called Sea Battle, in which you had a fleet of warships and you battle the other player. You had a battleship, a submarine, PT boat, and so on. Each ship had a stat called resilience, which was the amount of damage it could take before sinking, in other words, its hit points.

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Today's Word:
Omnibus omni-buss A fairly simple word.

n (plural om·ni·bus·es)
1. book collecting separate works: a single book containing several works, usually by the same author, involving the same main character, or on the same subject, previously published separately
2. om·ni·bus
om·ni·bus e·di·tion (plural om·ni·bus e·di·tions)
U.K. single broadcast of programs: a single continuous broadcast consisting of several radio or television programs previously broadcast separately, for example, installments of a serial or soap opera
3. bus: a bus (archaic or formal)

adj
with many different things: bringing many different things together as a single unit
an omnibus education bill

[Early 19th century. Via French and directly from Latin “for all,” from omnis “all” (see omni-).]

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Today's Word:
Airy-fairy pronounced like it looks.

adj U.K.
1. fanciful: fanciful or not grounded in reality (informal)
2. delicate: extremely fragile


[Mid-19th century. Perhaps originally in “airy, fairy Lilian,” in the poem Lilian by Alfred Tennyson.]

BONUS WORD! *woop woop woop*

Today's Bonus Word:
Fishwife pronounced like it looks

n
1. coarse and loud woman: a woman who is regarded as loud-voiced and lacking in manners (insult)
2. woman fish seller: a woman selling fish (archaic)

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Today's Word:
Indolent (in*da*lent)

adj
1. lazy: lethargic and not showing any interest or making any effort
2. medicine painless and slow to change: used to describe a disease or condition that is slow to develop or be healed, and causes no pain


[Mid-17th century. From the late Latin stem indolent- “insensitive to pain,” from dolent- , present participle stem of dolere “to suffer pain.”]

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It looks like I have failed in my duties of late; my purpose being to bump this thread. So here goes a word that just had me stumbled in a crossword.

Lodestar (prounounced as "lode"+"star" I gather). Noun.

1) A star used as a point of reference, especially Polaris.
2) By extension, a guiding principe or interest.

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Lodestar is a great word. What I mean by that is, it's a great Scrabble word! Since you can have only seven tiles at one time, you wont be able to spell the whole word at once. But, you can spell L.O.D.E. or just S.T.A.R. Whenever you have the right tiles. Add lode or star to each other a make lodestar at anytime! Speaking of Scrabble. If you live in America, you will be able to watch a Scrabble match on ESPN, October third(Sunday) around the afternoon(check local listings). I happened to see one Last year, and I must say, it's fun to watch. So after that I should have myraids of words after. On to the words...!

Today's Word:
Lambaste or Lambast lamb*baste an easy one

vt
1. criticize strongly: to criticize somebody or something severely
2. whip: to beat or whip somebody (archaic)


[Mid-17th century. From lam + baste “to beat.”]

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It is a great Scrabble word provided you are playing Scrabble in English. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif (I must admit I am having a tough time playing a Scrabble-like game in English; perhaps the habit of doing the same in French)

If you like similar words as lodestar, may I suggest forenoon or fortnight? Very nice for the same purpose, and they are much nicer than their more common equivalents of "morning" and "two weeks".

And since I have forgotten to post words for a couple of days, here comes a bonus update:

Flair (pronounced "flâr", if it is any help). Noun.
1) A natural talent or aptitude. A synonym would be a forte (and here I sneak a second word while still speaking of another one)
2) Having an instinctive discernment.
3) Distinctive elegance of style.

The word comes from "flairer", which means "to scent" in French (and likely in other Languages; Latin?). "Flair" is the noun based on this verb, but is only used as in the second meaning in French.