Quadrivial Quandary: Logophiles, Rejoice! Each day we give you four unusual words. Can you fit them all in one illustrative sentence?
Quandary Resolution 898
optative, putative, exponent, masticate
“May we chew and chew and chew and chew...” is the optative polysyndeton by which Hans, a rabid exponent of the macrobiotic practice of prolonged mastication, putative pathway to bliss, commences each meal.
by Rudi on March 07, 2010

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