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Tuesday 30 August 7-by-many STONEMASON puzzle
« on: September 01, 2022, 02:03:28 PM »
MANNESS/ES – the state of being man https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manness
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Re: Tuesday 30 August 7-by-many STONEMASON puzzle
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2022, 03:21:47 PM »
Manness is in the Merriam-Webster, as you demonstrate, so I'll add it as a rare word. I would say actually very rare, but it seems John Steinbeck used it in 1947, so I suppose we have to take it seriously.

However, I don't take the plural mannesses seriously at all: I doubt if anybody ever used that or ever will.
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Re: Tuesday 30 August 7-by-many STONEMASON puzzle
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2022, 05:17:14 PM »
Thanks Alan...  ;D ;D ;D

(Yet in that Merriam-Webster entry it actually states that the plural is -es... I'd agree with you on this that it would have to be exceedingly rare and doesn't even sound right!!!)  :-R :-R :-R

...the lengths some of us go to to try to get a maven score...  :-R :-R :-R
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Re: Tuesday 30 August 7-by-many STONEMASON puzzle
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2022, 02:50:39 PM »
That competitive mania could be an aspect of your manness.
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Re: Tuesday 30 August 7-by-many STONEMASON puzzle
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2022, 06:00:32 PM »
 ;D ;D ;D
The greenest watt ever produced is the one you never use. Playing as jk1956 & John is my name.
When we come out of the Covid-19 crisis, we need to make sure recovery efforts address the Climate Crisis (which can't be solved using social distancing!)