purlieu /PERL-yoo/ - 1a. an outlying or adjacent district b. (plural) environs, neighborhood 2a. a frequently visited place : haunt b. (plural) confines, bounds
I love the etymology for this one. I don't care for the first example so much, though my issue may be more with combination of preposition, object, and modifier it uses.
orchidaceous /ȯr-kə-ˈdā-shəs/ - 1. of, relating to, or resembling the orchids 2. showy, ostentatious
This was in the Dictionary Devil today, and I wasn't expecting the definition (which was the second one, of course, or I'd have been expecting it), but didn't have any trouble matching it up when nothing close to the first one was there for the choosing.
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