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Old 17-October-2005, 09:45 AM
VanderL VanderL is offline
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Originally Posted by Nereid
I think it's a typo: 'seminal', but the 's' is missing.
Ok, this is what the Mirriam Webster dictionary has on seminal:

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Main Entry: sem·i·nal
Pronunciation: 'se-m&-n&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin seminalis, from semin-, semen seed -- more at SEMEN
1 : of, relating to, or consisting of seed or semen
2 : containing or contributing the seeds of later development : CREATIVE, ORIGINAL <a seminal book> <one of the most seminal of the great poets>
So, what's a seminal question?

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