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Dec 28, 2017
This week’s themeNo el This week’s words quartziferous hypercathexis bavardage aciniform crackjaw Art: Susan Murtaugh
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with Anu Gargaciniform
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
adjective: Shaped like a cluster of grapes.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin acinus (grape, berry, seed). Earliest documented use: 1798.
USAGE:
“And no machine will ever be able to answer grocery-related questions --
What’s the freshest aciniform produce today?” Neil Genzlinger; Jersey: The Tax Rebate Line and Other Annoyances; The New York Times; May 16, 1999. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow, and I have
borrowed a lot. -Woodrow Wilson, 28th US president, Nobel laureate (28 Dec
1856-1924)
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