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Thread #108688 Message #2264519
Posted By: Amos
17-Feb-08 - 10:49 AM
Thread Name: Why is Kumbaya a dirty word?
Subject: RE: Why is Kumbaya a dirty word?
reápine
INTRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: reápined, reápináing, reápines
1. To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret. 2. To yearn after something: Immigrants who repined for their homeland.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English repinen, to be aggrieved : re-, re- + pinen, to yearn; see pine2.
I still ask if there is a there there. :D
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