6 JULY 1985, Page 43

Competition

No. 1379: Word of the week

Set by Jaspistos: Recently I saw in a dream a word which doesn't exist in English: `macelod'. You are invited to provide, in the manner of a panel member of the television game 'Call My Bluff', an imagin- ary definition of it, together with etymolo- gical details, examples of historical usage etc. Maximum 120 words. Entries to 'Com- petition No. 1379' by 19 July.