Sunday 7 February 2010

ooidal

Today's offering:

ooidal adj egg-shaped. [Origin from Greek oioeides, from oion and eidos form] Chambers, 1998

It's prounounced, roughly, oh-oy-dal, with emphasis on the Oy. Feel rather like I should know this one too. It's a great word though - strikes me as a useful one in scrabble.

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