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Larry's Pretty Good Word of the Day
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Dec
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18th
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2007
07:49 am
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- n., an ancient Greek cult image of simply carved wood.
Or even barely carved.
Wikipedia
has a good potted summary, in this case. From Greek ξόανον, carved image, from ξέειν, to scrape, carve.
---L.
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That would make a most excellent Scrabble word.
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