WORD OF THE DAY

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Sunday, January 14, 2007

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sunder \SUN-dur\, transitive verb: 1. To break apart; to separate; to divide; to sever. 2. To become parted, disunited, or severed. As the issue of slavery threatened to sunder the United States, President Abraham Lincoln, using biblical language, warned that "a house divided against itself cannot... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

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uxorious \uk-SOR-ee-us; ug-ZOR-\, adjective: Excessively fond of or submissive to a wife. It is batty to suppose that the most uxorious of husbands will stop his wife's excessive shopping if an excessive shopper she has always been. -- Angela Huth, "All you need is love", Daily Telegraph, April 24,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 7, 2007

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nascent \NAS-uhnt; NAY-suhnt\, adjective: Beginning to exist or having recently come into existence; coming into being. But there are other nascent technologies that are widely predicted to play a major part in moving the world from a dependence on oil, nuclear energy and coal. -- "Out of thin air",... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 5, 2007

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fait accompli \fay-tah-kom-PLEE; fet-ah-\, noun; plural faits accomplis \same or -PLEEZ\: An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact. In 1991, with German reunification a fait accompli and the European Community striding toward full political and economic integration, the future had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 3, 2007

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equanimity \ee-kwuh-NIM-uh-tee; ek-wuh-\, noun: Evenness of mind; calmness; composure; as, "to bear misfortunes with equanimity." For one whose mind has been notoriously troubled, Brian Lara is at least retaining a sense of equanimity. -- Richard Hobson, "Croft offers no respite as Lara's theme... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 31, 2006

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efface \ih-FAYS\, transitive verb: 1. To cause to disappear by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible. 2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wipe out; to eliminate completely. 3. To make (oneself) inconspicuous. Her fingerprints were gone, she thought.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 30, 2006

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bricolage \bree-koh-LAHZH; brih-\, noun: Construction or something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available. The Internet is a global bricolage, lashing together unthinkable complexities of miscellaneous computers with temporary lengths of phone line and fiber optic, bits of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 29, 2006

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irenic \eye-REN-ik; -REE-nik\, adjective: Tending to promote peace; conciliatory. With an irenic spirit they join the debate, at times ugly and vicious, about the historicity of the Bible (by which they mean the Hebrew Scriptures, also known as the Old Testament). -- Phyllis Trible, "God's... Sign in to see full entry.

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urbane \ur-BAYN\, adjective: Polished and smooth in manner; polite, refined, and elegant. Taylor comes across as an intelligent man, suave and urbane, articulate and smooth as butter. -- Bill Berkeley, The Graves Are Not Yet Full It was conceded that he was... "the kind of person," one... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

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derogate \DER-uh-gayt\, intransitive verb: 1. To deviate from what is expected. 2. To take away; to detract; -- usually with 'from'. 3. To disparage or belittle; to denigrate. If someone wants to derogate from that and make a choice, then they are free to do it. -- Ciaran Fitzgerald, "Food... Sign in to see full entry.

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