Ryan Rempel : Installation Instructions for Mac OS X OldWorld Support
"Installation is somewhat complex. In effect, we need to add kernel extensions to the /System/Library/Extensions directory on the Mac OS X installation CD. Since we can't do that, we'll do the next best thing: we'll make a copy of the installation CD on a hard drive, and add the kernel extensions there."
Neil Bowers : Wordz
"is a simple application for finding words which match a particular pattern. I wrote it to help when solving crosswords, and also to learn about database programming under PalmOS."
Michael A. Fischer : The Worthless Word for the Day
"This week: words you likely won't find in your desk dictionary (no matter how big)"
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is effete
| source : web1913 |
Effete \Ef*fete"\, a. [L. effetus that has brought forth,
exhausted; ex + fetus that has brought forth. See {Fetus}.]
No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit,
as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy;
incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren;
sterile.
Effete results from virile efforts. --Mrs.
Browning
If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . .
. they may seek new ones. --Burke.
| source : wn |
effete
adj : marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a
decadent life of excessive money and no sense of
responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed
intellectuals" [syn: {decadent}]