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[challenge entry] polygon


Pronunciation: \pä-l-gän\
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin polygonum, from Greek polygnon, from neuter of polygnos parrot, from poly- + gnia gone away
Date: 1571

1: an unexpected absence of parrot


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(, Sun 4 May 2008, 6:16, archived)