A.Word.A.Day Archives from https://wordsmith.org/awad -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--jackanapes Date: Sun, 1 May 1994 00:03:16 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Never enough time, unless you're serving it. jack.a.napes \-*-'na_-ps\ n 1: MONKEY, APE 2: an impudent or conceited person -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--pantheism Date: Mon, 2 May 1994 00:03:15 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Kindess, a language deaf people can hear and blind can see. pan.the.ism \'pan-the_--.iz-*m\ n : a doctrine that equates God with the forces and laws of the universe -- pan.the.ist \-the_--*st\ n -- pan.the.is.tic \.pan-the_--'is-tik\ adj -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--popinjay Date: Tue, 3 May 1994 00:03:17 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: When you make your mark in the world, watch out for guys with erasers. pop.in.jay \'pa_:p-*n-.ja_-\ n : a strutting supercilious person -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--antediluvian Date: Wed, 4 May 1994 00:03:07 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Fast, Cheap, Good: Choose any two. an.te.di.lu.vi.an \.ant-i-d*-'lu_:-ve_--*n, -di_--\ adj 1: of the period before the biblical flood 2: ANTIQUATED, OBSOLETE -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--petard Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 00:04:13 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Behaviorism is the art of pulling habits out of rats. -O'Neill pe.tard \p*-'ta_:r(d)\ n : a case containing an explosive to break down a door or gate or breach a wall -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--inflorescence Date: Fri, 6 May 1994 00:03:06 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Make friends before you need them. in.flo.res.cence \.in-fl*-'res- *ns\ n : the manner of development and arrangement of flowers on a stem; also : a flowering stem with its appendages : a flower cluster -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--prestidigitation Date: Sat, 7 May 1994 00:03:09 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Yo-yo: Something occasionally up but normally down (see also "computer"). pres.ti.dig.i.ta.tion \.pres-t*-.dij-*-'ta_--sh*n\ n : SLEIGHT OF HAND -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--tumbrel Date: Sun, 8 May 1994 00:03:09 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: There is no bottom to worse. -Cohen tum.brel or tum.bril \'t*m-br*l\ n 1: CART 2: a vehicle carrying condemned persons (as political prisoners during the French Revolution) to a place of execution -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--acrostic Date: Mon, 9 May 1994 00:03:06 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Nothing increases your golf score like witnesses. acros.tic \*-'kro_.-stik\ n 1: a composition usu. in verse in which the initial or final letters of the lines taken in order form a word or phrase 2: a series of words of equal length arranged to read the same horizontally or vertically -- acros.ti.cal.ly adv -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--simony Date: Tue, 10 May 1994 00:03:07 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Know thyself -- but don't tell anyone. si.mo.ny \'si_-m-*-ne_-, 'sim-\ n : the buying or selling of a church office -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--nepenthe Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 00:03:08 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: I went to the Net and all I got was this stupid tagline. ne.pen.the \n*-'pen-the_-\ n 1: a potion used by the ancients to dull pain and sorrow 2: something capable of making one forget grief or suffering -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--neoteny Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 00:03:07 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Gentleman: Knows how to play the bagpipes, but doesn't. ne.o.te.ny \'ne_--*-.te_--ne_-\ n : attainment of sexual maturity during the larval stage; also : retention of immature characters in adulthood -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--necromancy Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 00:03:10 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Nobody can be just like me. Even I have trouble. nec.ro.man.cy \'nek-r*-.man-se_-\ n 1: the art or practice of conjuring up the spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the future 2: MAGIC, SORCERY -- nec.ro.man.cer \-s*r\ n -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--amaranth Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 00:03:08 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: If others have sinned you need not mention it. am.a.ranth \'am-*-.ranth\ n 1: an imaginary flower held never to fade 2: any of various coarse herbs sometimes grown for their showy flowers -- am.a.ran.thine \.am-*-'ran-th*n, -.thi_-n\ adj -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--dumbwaiter Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 00:03:10 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Road to success is always under construction. dumb.wait.er \'d*m-'wa_-t-*r\ n : a small elevator for conveying food and dishes or small goods from one story of a building to another -------- Date: Mon, 16 May 94 13:19:34 BST Subject: A.Word.A.Day--portcullis X-Bonus: Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. -Abraham Lincoln port.cul.lis \po_-rt-'k*l-*s\ n : a grating at the gateway of a castle or fortess that can be let down to stop entrance -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--orthoepy Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 00:03:15 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Politics: n. from Greek; "poli"-many; "tics"-ugly, bloodsucking parasites. or.tho.epy \'o_.r-th*-.wep-e_-\ n : the customary pronunciation of a language -- or.tho.ep.ist \-.wep-*st\ n -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--dulcet Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 00:03:15 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: I never have enough time to do the things I want to do 'cuz of the things I have to do. - Calvin dul.cet \'d*l-s*t\ adj 1: sweet to the ear : MELODIOUS 2: AGREEABLE, SOOTHING -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--meretricious Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 00:03:15 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Fish and visitors stink after three days. -Benjamin Franklin mer.e.tri.cious \.mer-*-'trish-*s\ adj : tawdrily attractive; also : SPECIOUS -- mer.e.tri.cious.ly adv -- mer.e.tri.cious.ness n -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--peregrination Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 00:03:09 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? per.e.gri.na.tion \.per-*-gr*-'na_--sh*n\ n : a journeying about from place to place -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--patois Date: Sat, 21 May 1994 00:03:07 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Death is the one experience that we cannot put in perspective afterwards. pa.tois \'pa-.twa_:\ n, pl pa.tois \-.twa_:z\ 1: a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect; esp : illiterate or provincial speech 2: JARGON 2 -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--agglutinate Date: Sun, 22 May 1994 00:03:05 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: An atheist is a person who has no invisible means of support. ag.glu.ti.nate \*-'glu_:t- *n-.a_-t\ vb : to cause to adhere : gather into a group or mass -- ag.glu.ti.na.tion \-.glu_:t- *n-'a_--sh*n\ n -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--villein Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 00:03:09 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: If the going gets easy you may be going downhill. vil.lein \'vil-*n, -.a_-n\ n 1: a free villager of Anglo-Saxon times 2: a serf of a class gradually changing its status to that of free peasants -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--tufa Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 00:03:14 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Toe: A part of the foot used to find furniture in the dark. tu.fa \'t(y)u_:-f*\ n : a porous rock formed as a deposit from springs or streams -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--garcon Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 00:03:26 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler. --Einstein gar.con \ga_:r-'so_- n\ n : WAITER -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--nostrum Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 00:03:07 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: If laws were outlawed, only outlaws would be lawyers. nos.trum \'na_:s-tr*m\ n : questionable medicine or remedy -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--caravel Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 00:03:12 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: People who live in windowed environments shouldn't cast pointers. car.a.vel \'kar-*-.vel\ n : a small 15th and 16th century ship with broad bows, high narrow poop, and lateen sails -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--pellucid Date: Sun, 29 May 1994 00:03:15 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Don't hit the keys so hard, it hurts. pel.lu.cid \p*-'lu_:-s*d\ adj : extremely clear : LIMPID, TRANSPARENT SYN: translucent, lucid -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--escutcheon Date: Mon, 30 May 1994 00:03:15 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: A good hot dog feeds the hand that bites it. es.cutch.eon \is-'k*ch-*n\ n : the surface on which armorial bearings are displayed -------- Subject: A.Word.A.Day--lambent Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 00:03:08 -0400 (EDT) X-Bonus: Is this true or only clever? -- Augustine Birrell lam.bent \'lam-b*nt\ adj 1: FLICKERING 2: softly radiant 3: marked by lightness or brilliance -- lam.ben.cy \-b*n-se_-\ n -- lam.bent.ly adv