Word: pompholyx
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...entry from above of a large stone into a deep pool." As a matter of fact the word pompholygopaplilasma (for that is the correct transliteration) was invented by the comic poet Aristophanes, and may be found at 1. 249 of his play The Frogs. It is made up of pompholyx which means a bubble, and paphlisma which means a frothing or foaming up. Hence the Aristophanic compound represents the sound made by bubbles rising. Onomatopoetic compounds of this type are common in the comic writers. Inasmuch as The Frogs was produced in 405 B.C., the word antedates by some centuries...
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