Caebati

An obscure Germanic tribe that escaped conquest by the Romans by crouching behind hillocks. Famed for their woodcraft, hosiery and irrelevant interjections during peace conferences.

Caebati: sI-ba-tE. noun. russian three-wheeled automobile designed and built in the 1940's by Viacheslev Caebat. known for the partially famous "fifth door"- a hatch cut into the floor for purposes unknown. expert speculation suggests the hatch was to be used for ice fishing. contrary to general opinion, the caebati did not come in a hatchback model.

Caebati - plural of caebatus, the large lump created by wrapping a braid in a coil on one side of one's head. The caebati are used by women in many cultures to signal fertility. The practice is thought to have originated in the 21st century, though its inspiration is muddled. One recent archaelogical dig unearthed twenty some small figurines encased in clear plastic, each depicting a young woman, thought to be a fertility goddess of some kind, with caebati on her head.

Oooh, very nice indeed. I vote for this one, even if it means I lose.

All very good. Winner announced 14:00 PST

Caebati (Cay-bart-ee)

Literally to 'bring your enemies to heel'.

Origin: The first Caebati references are found in early Scoptoscillian manuscripts.

In ancient Scoptoscillia delegates from rival political factions would often partake in unarmed battle to settle varying disputes. To be selected as a warrior in such a conflict was considered an honour.

While such battles would usually last only three to five minutes, on occasion it is recorded that combatants were evenly matched in both mind and spirit, and battles could last up to twenty, and in rare cases, thirty minutes.

Perhaps the most famous of the Scoptocillian disputes, that of Yosep Intermina and Kintan Jollo, lasted a grueling thirty-five minutes, and contains the first recorded usage of the term Caebati.

After an intense, and as accounts would lead us to believe, bloody encounter, the final and telling coup degrace was delivered by Jollo, a brutal shot delivered to the solar plexus of Intermina, leaving him incapacitated.

Scholars of the age referenced such a blow to be one which 'brought the opponent to heel' or Caebati.

Changed my mind: deadline is 13:00 PST

58 minutes and counting by my clock.

The Official Clock.

All very good entries, but I think you'll all agree with me that, despite her lack of an appropriate bribe, hurtstotouchfire's answer was the winner.

Take it away hurts. "And a one, and a two..."

OK, I got it. The new word is 'charstonella'. Extra points for evil or painful definitions. I'm in that kinda mood.

That's more than one word there...

charstonella: char stO nel uh. noun. a little known root in the nightshade family of plants. charstonella contains a unique derivative of the nightshade "truth serum" scopalomine. a dirivative causing an imbiber's endorphin production to atrophy and desist.
charstonella was thought to have been employed first by witches in the massechusets area of the united states. the "charstonella witches" used this substance to decrease the pain tolerance of torture subjects to make the experience more horrible and sadistic. secretly used today by cafeterias throughout the u.s. in an effort to control teenagers through pain. *see masochist cabal of 1993.

Once again, my Esteemed Colleague is completely wrong, although it's understandable as it's a simple matter of phonemic inversion. My Esteemed Colleague is undoubtedly thinking of charstinella, not charstonella.

I think a quotation from Faber's Tropical Diseases should suffice to set the matter arights:

Charstonella is a degenerative complication suffered by victims of the Bot Fly, whose bite lays eggs in the exposed skin (generally the hands or face) of it's victim which hatch after a 6 week gestation leaving a gaping, necrotic crater as the little Bot Flies leave the "nest."

While some are familiar with the ravages of the Bot Fly, most are unaware that in some rare cases the unusual complication of charstonella appears. At first, charstonella presents as a high fever and body aches, much like the influenza; however, after one or two days these symptoms subside and the victim's genitalia begin to experience severely augmented blood flow. For approximately 18 hours, this sensation is one of constant arousal, and the victim may even enjoy his or her newfound "gifts." However, this condition soon becomes unbearably painful as the pressure inside the delicate tissues builds, and within 36 hours the pressure will be so great as to rupture both capillaries and the dermis. In it's final stages, the victim's genitalia, by now little more than a bleeding mass, hemorrhage uncontrollably until death results.

There is no known treatment, but in rare cases some victims do not progress from the secondary engorgement stage and live normal, if somewhat over stimulated lives.

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oh dear that made me pretty happy.... I'm going to wait on a few more entries.

Charstonella
Old italian word, derived from french char (wagon) and latin sto (stand) and the italian diminutive ending nella. A twowheeled wagon with one standing driver drawn by a wolf used by the romans in competition races.
The races usually took place at the hills of Rome, where young wealthy men competed. The wolves were considered holly animals (see also Romulus and Remus). To make the wolves run the animals were starved a week before the race and a slave covered in blood would be runing in front of the wagon.

I'm sorry, but digitalprimate's mock definition seems like the winner to me- it's just so... odd and graphic and scary. Definitely sounds like something that would come out of the medical community.

Thanks, by the way, to DP, for giving us all some new writing material.

Well, having cribbed my answer from a medical textbook, I really must recuse myself from this round and let hurts award less literal applicant the prize.

OK, it's 10:30 now. I'm home. I'll give it another hour for last minute entries.

23:30 PDT is the deadline.