PUNCTULATE ............ verb .............. defined as " pigfanu"
so ...we ought to be able to work out what the hell punctulate means ...we simply look up "pigfanu"
Here's the next, even more mysterious one ...
PUNDLE .... noun ... defined as "trolen o fenyw"
again ...all we need to do is look up what "trolen o fenyw" means and we're sorted.
Anyway, naturally, I thought ..these will make a brilliant set of puzzles for both me and you.
We'll try to work out, using the Welsh definitions, what some more of these preposterous words actually mean. At the very minimum, it must be Terrific For Your Welsh .
Here we go then .... I've picked a selection from the "g" section ... pam lai ? By the way, I'm not making them up , even though it's hard to believe that any of these are, or were, English words. Some of them are pretty straightforward, others less so .... but it's the quest that matters, not the prize !?£
[a] galligaskins .................... llaes-lodrau
[b] guttle ...............................cegu, bolera, ymyddfoli
[c] gurgeous..........................rhuchion, rhuddion, eilflawd, sisel
[d] grutch ..............................cenfigen, dygasedd
[e] grubble ............................teimlo ,ymbalfalu
[f] grum ............................... sur, diserch, anfwyn
[g] grume ............................. gwaed tolchenog
[h] gosting ............................madr, y wreiddrudd
[i] grabble .............................palfalu, chwilota
[j] gingling ............................cydseiniad
[k]gaddle ..............................math o hwyad
I think that's enough for now, though there is a plentiful supply of further inscrutable words.
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