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Author:  Freydis_The_Valkyrie [ Fri May 23, 2008 4:12 pm ]
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No, but it had a Latin origin.

Dictionary.com wrote:
[From Latin rīdiculus, laughable, from rīdēre, to laugh.]

Author:  Laucian1 [ Fri May 23, 2008 11:26 pm ]
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Which is my whole point. It's not Latin, but it's based on Latin, although somewhat warped.

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Actually, while the spells may be *based* on Latin, they aren't quite Latin.


Just to prove I'm not lyin' >.>

Author:  Freydis_The_Valkyrie [ Sat May 24, 2008 1:24 pm ]
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Well, the word was used for it's meaning, rather than it being Latin, I think.

Author:  Professor Chaos [ Sun May 25, 2008 10:56 am ]
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Its not only Latin FYI.... Greek is in the mix.

Author:  Peter Willow [ Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:26 pm ]
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Actually, while the spells may be *based* on Latin, they aren't quite Latin.


Incendio is unwarped Latin.

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