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buck wild-er

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buck wild;   more buck wild;   most buck wild fortis/e;   fortior/ius;   fortissimus definitely fortissimus this literally looks like angriepymyge

Mildewy Melissa

mildew (n.) mid-13c., mildeu "honeydew, nectar," from Old English meledeaw "honeydew" (sticky stuff exuded by aphids), from Proto-Germanic compound of *melith "honey" (see Melissa ) + *dawwaz "dew" (see dew ). Cf. Old Saxon milidou , Dutch meeldauw , German Meltau "mildew." First element in many cases assimilated to forms of meal (n.2) "ground grain." As a kind of fungus it is first recorded mid-14c., so called from its being sticky and originally growing in plants. As a verb from 1550s. Related: Mildewed .

EN THEO GEN

Is Angiepymytu's new favorite word. entheogen |enˈthēəˌjen, -jən| noun a chemical substance, typically of plant origin, that is ingested to produce a nonordinary state of consciousness for religious or spiritual purposes. DERIVATIVES entheogenic |enˌthēəˈjenik| adjective ORIGIN 1970s: from Greek, literally ‘becoming divine within’ ; coined by an informal committee studying the inebriants of shamans.