Tag: meanings
member name: Annina Anton
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June 01, 2006 05:30 PM EDT --
Today's Word of the Day is actually two words, effervesce and effervescent, but the fun is in the two sentences which give examples of usage. Why, you ask? Because it really happened!
Enjoy!
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May 12, 2006 01:04 PM EDT --
Notice: Please welcome the eminently qualified Gatherite, Jana Bouma, who has an MA and PhD in English, as my co-editor. Like me, her stock in trade is words, and she has many wonderful and useful ones . . .
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May 25, 2006 03:05 PM EDT --
Have you checked on the Word of the Day lately?
If so, you may have noticed that today's word is a three-fer: three related words, submitted to extend your writing vocabulary. Some of the illustrative . . .
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June 25, 2006 04:35 PM EDT --
Your Word of the Day editor is going to take a break from the daily entries for the summer.
In the meantime, please feel free to enter your own favorite words, in a format similar to those already posted. . . .
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April 29, 2006 07:14 PM EDT --
Just a gentle reminder to Gatherites that the Word of the Day (WOTD) group is busy learning...you guessed it...a new word every day. And we make it fun!
We hope you will join us and discover . . .
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May 25, 2006 12:39 PM EDT --
CONFOUND \kan-FAUND\
transitive verb
1. (archaic) To bring to ruin, destroy
2. To baffle, frustrate
3. (obsolete) Consume, waste
4. To put to shame or discomfit
5. To refute
6. To damn
7. To throw (a . . .
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June 01, 2006 05:20 PM EDT --
EFFERVESCE \ ef-er-VES \
intransitive verb
To emit small bubbles of gas, as a carbonated or fermenting liquid.
To escape from a liquid as bubbles; bubble up.
To show high spirits or animation. . . .
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June 25, 2006 04:03 PM EDT --
onomatopoeia on-ah-mah-to-PEE-ya
noun
The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
Etymology: From the late Latin, . . .
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June 04, 2006 11:49 PM EDT --
bricolage \bree-koh-LAHZH\
noun
1. Construction achieved by using whatever comes to hand; also : something constructed in this way
Etymology: According to French social anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, . . .
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June 14, 2006 08:25 AM EDT --
mercenary \MER-cen-air-ee\
adjective
1. Motivated solely by a desire for monetary or material gain.
2. Hired for service in a foreign army.
noun
1. One who serves . . .
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May 16, 2006 08:46 AM EDT --
ANALOG / AN-uh-log / (variant of analogue UK)
noun
1. Something that bears an analogy to something else.
2. Biology. An organ or structure that is similar in function to one . . .
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May 19, 2006 02:40 AM EDT --
OBSEQUIOUS \ob-SEE-kwee-us\
adjective
1: Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
2: Attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner
3. Servilely attentive; compliant to excess; fawning. . . .
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May 20, 2006 04:45 PM EDT --
XENOPHOBIA ZEN-uh-FOE-bee-uh
noun
Fear or hatred of strangers, people from other countries, or of anything that is strange or foreign.
Etymology: The word xenophobia was formed from the Greek elements . . .
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May 24, 2006 01:56 AM EDT --
obviate \OB-vee-ayt\
transitive verb
1. To anticipate and dispose of effectively; render unnecessary.
Etymology: Obviate derives from Latin obviare, "to meet or encounter," from ob viam, "placed . . .
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May 26, 2006 09:13 AM EDT --
UNDULANT \UN-juh-lunt; UN-dyuh-\
adjective
1. Resembling waves in form, motion, or occurrence.
Etymology: From the Late Latin undula, "a small wave," diminutive of Latin unda, "wave." . . .
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June 02, 2006 03:36 AM EDT --
expiate EK-spee-ayt
transitive verb:
1. To make amends or reparation for; to atone.
Etymology: From the Latin expiare, from ex-, here used intensively, + piare, to seek to appease by an offering, . . .
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June 05, 2006 03:30 PM EDT --
pellucid puh-LOO-sid
adjective
1 : admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion
2 : reflecting light evenly from all surfaces
3 : easy to understand
Etymology: From the . . .
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June 06, 2006 04:41 AM EDT --
mordant \MOR-dunt\
adjective
1: biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style: incisive
2: burning, pungent
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, present participle of mordre to bite, from . . .
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June 07, 2006 05:02 AM EDT --
homily \ HOM-il-ee \
noun (pl. hom·i·lies)
1. A sermon, especially one intended to edify a congregation on a practical matter and not intended to be a theological discourse.
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June 08, 2006 03:00 AM EDT --
sedulous SEJ-uh-luss
adjective
1: Involving or accomplished with careful perseverance
2: Diligent in application or pursuit
3: Persevering and constant in effort or application; assiduous
Etymology: . . .
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