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I am ruminating while I chew on the word of the day "cud" which basically defines ruminants.
Origin of INDOLENT
Late Latin indolent-, indolens insensitive to pain, from Latin in- + dolent-, dolens, present participle of dolēre to feel pain
First Known Use: 1663
Origin of INEPT
Middle French inepte, from Latin ineptus, from in- + aptus apt
First Known Use: 1542
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Ah, that Andy is so...
perspicacious
of acute mental vision or discernment : keen
stal·wart
[stawl-wert]
adjective
1.
strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust.
2.
strong and brave; valiant: a stalwart knight.
3.
firm, steadfast, or uncompromising: a stalwart supporter of the U.N.
noun
4.
a physically stalwart person.
5.
a steadfast or uncompromising partisan: They counted on the party stalwarts for support in the off-year campaigns.
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While others may be, perspicacious, I'm more,
persnickety
--note: for an alternate, obscure, word, check the synonym--
Adjective
1 placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy.
Synonyms
pernickety
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note to Maggie: Aw shucks, Ms Maggie, those folks are just saying what the rest of us have known all along...no, really...I'm being VERY serious...honest. RdW