Wednesday 28 August 2013

QN #35

X AND Y ARE PARTS OF NAME OF THE PERSON BEING MENTIONED HERE.
TOGETHER THEY FORM THE NAME XY. FIND X AND Y

X, IS POSSIBLY FROM A LATIN WORD MEANING RED

Y CAN EITHER BE A LATIN VERB THAT MEANS TO TORMENT OR HUNG OVER, AS FROM ALCOHOL.

ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, HIS NAME COMES FROM A PASSAGE OF CHAPTER 20 OF THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE, BY THOMAS HARDY. THE WORD HERE REFERRED TO INDIGESTION 

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