3572 🏆 OSARI

[Paul Keating]

The outcome of this round was in the balance right up to the deadline. That is now past and the wait is over. 

Many players opted for Japanese. The four Japanese definitions attracted ten votes. One of them, Tim Lodge’s #2, ‘the concept of being stable or fulfilled in life,’ earned him a natural 5 and the next deal. (As Erich Segal nearly wrote, osari means never having to say ‘osari.’) Judy Madnick’s stitch pattern, #3, is runner-up with a score of 2 + 2 = 4*.

Osari is actually a borrowing from Sinhala, and denotes attire otherwise called a Kandyan sari, #9. It is etymologically unrelated to sari, but the OED tells me that “the Sinhala word in its modern form was probably partly influenced by … Hindi sāṛī.”

I chose the word because of the closeness in form to sari, hiding it in plain sight, as it were, and that very nearly worked: D2, though I like to think of it as D1½, since Judy only got it on the second try.

While I was researching this word, Gemini told me that “a quick search would confirm that osari is … a Japanese term for a type of ceremonial shroud.” I spent rather more time following up on this than quick search would suggest, and the best I could discover was that, in Japanese, Osari is one of the ways to pronounce 長利, and is a surname, one borne by an eminent Shinto priest and poet. If it really is a term for a shroud, it is one that the Japanese Wiktionary does not know about, and that would also be a very inauspicious name.

But in that, Gemini is not much different from real people. I have often observed that those who offer the advice look in any dictionary are not in the habit of doing that themselves.

Def no	Player	Voted for	Votes from	Score from votes	Correct guess	Total
2	Lodge	11, 13	Abell, Davis, Embler, Mallach, Naylor	5		5
3	Madnick	1, 9	Bourne, Rey	2	2	4*
13	Shefler	1, 10	Boxer, Lodge, Mallach	3		3
10	Boxer	6, 13	Bourne, Davis, Shefler	3		3
11	Mallach	2, 13	Lodge, Shepherdson	2		2
8	Barrs	DNV	Naylor, Widdis	2		2
7	Embler	2, 5	Abell, Shepherdson	2		2
1	Naylor	2, 8	Madnick, Shefler	2		2
4	Widdis	8, 9			2	2*
5	Rey	3, 5	Embler, Rey	1		1
6	Shepherdson	7, 11	Boxer	1		1
No definition	Davis	2, 10				0
No definition	Abell	2, 7				0
12	Bourne	3, 10				0

1	In Ancient Greece, a girdle used to hold up the skirts of the dress for freedom of action; on occasions of solemnity, as sacrifices or funerals, the girdle was relaxed, and the folds of the dress allowed to hang to the feet.
	Votes from Judy Madnick, Mike Shefler
	Submitted by: Shani Naylor, who voted for 2, 8. Score: 2.
2	[Japanese.] The concept of being stable or fulfilled in life.
	Votes from Tony Abell, Glenn Davis, Debbie Embler, Efrem Mallach, Shani Naylor
	Submitted by: Tim Lodge, who voted for 11, 13. Score: 5.
3	A decorative stitch pattern used in hand embroidery to mimic the appearance of braided cord.
	Votes from Tim Bourne, Rey
	Submitted by: Judy Madnick, who voted for 1, 9. Score: 2+2=4*.
4	A felt-lined leather bag used by Mongolian herders to carry fermented mare’s milk.
	No votes
	Submitted by: Dan Widdis, who voted for 8, 9. Score: 0+2=2*.
5	A fine, wind-deposited silt or loess, distinguished by its unique capacity to retain moisture and its characteristic dark-red hue.
	Votes from Debbie Embler, Rey
	Submitted by: Rey, who voted for 3, 5. Score: 1.
6	A genus of fungi that only grow underground, sometimes to significant size.
	Vote from Eric Boxer
	Submitted by: Nancy Shepherdson, who voted for 7, 11. Score: 1.
7	A heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth.
	Votes from Tony Abell, Nancy Shepherdson
	Submitted by: Debbie Embler, who voted for 2, 5. Score: 2.
8	A liana of tropical jungles that exhibits seasonality by losing all its leaves around the equinoxes and then regains leaves, flowers and fruits over the next six months, allowing fruiting seasons twice a year. Named from Osiris lord of life and death.
	Votes from Shani Naylor, Dan Widdis
	Submitted by: Johnny Barrs, who did not vote. Score: 2.
9	A type of sari traditionally associated with Sinhalese women of Sri Lanka, draped by wrapping around the waist, creating a distinctive frill around the midriff, and pinning the end over the left shoulder.
	Votes from Judy Madnick, Dan Widdis
	Real Definition. Score: D2.
10	A small, high-interest loan.
	Votes from Tim Bourne, Glenn Davis, Mike Shefler
	Submitted by: Eric Boxer, who voted for 6, 13. Score: 3.
11	A sumo move in which a competitor grasps his opponent’s mawashi at the right hip with his left hand while pushing the opponent’s chest with his right hand, to twist the opponent to his left out of the dohyo.
	Votes from Tim Lodge, Nancy Shepherdson
	Submitted by: Efrem Mallach, who voted for 2, 13. Score: 2.
12	The traditional 16th-century style of Japanese castle, with some stone but built mostly of wood.
	No votes
	Submitted by: Tim Bourne, who voted for 3, 10.
13	A traditional robe worn by a Shinto priest.
	Votes from Eric Boxer, Tim Lodge, Efrem Mallach
	Submitted by: Mike Shefler, who voted for 1, 10. Score: 3.
**	Players who voted without having submitted a definition
	No definition from Tony Abell, who voted for 2, 7.
	No definition from Glenn Davis, who voted for 2, 10.

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Paul Keating

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[Judy Madnick]

Should second try = 1 point? 🙃

Judy

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[Paul Keating]

No. Because then what would we do about 3rd time lucky?

[Judy Madnick]

🤣

Judy

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