December 14, 2004

Word of the Day (Wordsmith.org)

crinite (KRY-nyt) adjective

Hairy.

[From Latin crinitus, from crinis (hair). Ultimately from Indo-European
root sker- (to turn or bend) that's also the fount of other words such
as curve, crest, arrange, shrink, crow, and crisp.]

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 14, 2004 8:21 PM
Comments

Making NH the Crinite State, of course....

(From the point of view of follicles per capita.)

Posted by: Barry Meislin at December 15, 2004 2:52 AM
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