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05/30/07 11:17 PM

#939 RE: teapeebubbles #938

the worthless word for the day is: nutant

[fr. L. nutare, to nod]
chiefly Bot. nodding; drooping

"The old bandstand stood empty, the equestrian statue
of the turbulent Huerta rode under the nutant trees
wild-eyed evermore, gazing over the valley..."
- Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano (1947)