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prettygoodwordecaudate - adj., without a tail.
I'm not crushing on this word as much as, say, quaquaversal, but I'm very fond of it. In use since the 1840s, from ex- (in the form e- used before certain consonants) + caudate, having a tail, from Latin caudatus, from cauda, tail + -atus, adjectival suffix.
And in tracking this down, I discovered caudation, the condition of having a tail. The world is, indeed, a wonderful place.
---L.
I'm not crushing on this word as much as, say, quaquaversal, but I'm very fond of it. In use since the 1840s, from ex- (in the form e- used before certain consonants) + caudate, having a tail, from Latin caudatus, from cauda, tail + -atus, adjectival suffix.
And in tracking this down, I discovered caudation, the condition of having a tail. The world is, indeed, a wonderful place.
---L.
