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Enchanted by Enchanted
This evening I borrowed a car and drove to a nearby theater with my best friend to see the Disney movie Enchanted. It was, dare I say it, enchanting ( Read more... ) -
Word of the Day
Verisimilitude: (vair-ih-sim-ILL-ih-t(y)ood)
noun
the appearance of being true or real
Origin: early 17th century, from the Latin verisimilitudo, from verisimilis 'probable,' from veri (genitive of verus "true") and similis 'like.'
eg: the detail gives the novel some verisimilitude
Derivitives:
verisimilar (adjective)
This word came up in my CRWR class, ( Read more... ) -
Word of the Day
Sward: swahrd
noun
1)An expanse of short grass
2)Farming: the upper layer of soil, esp. when covered in grass
Origin: OE sweard (skin). The soil definition developed in Late ME, with phrases such as "the sward of the earth"
Derivitives:
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Word of the Day
felicific: adjective fell-eh-SIH-fic
relating to or promoting increased happiness
Origin: mid 19th century, from the Latin felicificus, from felix, felic- "happy"
Hmmm... felix felicis, anyone? Except that's for luck. Interesting. Let's see what the Latin-English dictionary says:
Felix: happy, fortunate
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Word of the Day
exiguous: ek-SIH-joo-us
adjective (formal)
scanty; very small in amount
eg: Bob Cratchit's exiguous wages
Origin: mid 17th century, from the Latin exiguus 'scanty' (from 'exigere' weigh exactly) + -ous
Derivitives:
exiguity (noun)
exiguously (adverb)
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Quote of the Day
I know, it's almost not today anymore, but here it is anyway:
An optimist is the human personification of spring - unknown
I really like this quote. It's so picturesque, and the metaphor just seems so, I don't know, right I guess. -
Quote of the Day
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind - William Shakespeare
(Note: considering starting a habit of "dailies," either quotes or words or both, just for fun. Let me know if there's another daily you'd like to see!)
Grace and Peace,
Tonks -
Word of the Day
Distrait: dis-TRAYT (fem. distraite)
adjective
divided or distracted in attention, especially because of anxiety
eg: he seemed oddly distrait before his trial
Origin: mid 18th century, Old French from destrait, past participle of destraire 'distract,' from Latin distrahere 'pull apart' -
Word of the Day
foible: FOY-bell
noun
1. A minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character
2. Fencing: the weaker part of a sword blade, from the middle to the point.
Origin: late 16th century (as an adjective in the sense 'feeble'): from obsolete French, in Old French fieble. Both noun senses also formerly occurred as senses of the word feeble and all date ( Read more... )