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Jul 19, 2022
This week’s themeWords illustrated with AI This week’s words speechify agrostology smilet tergiversation meta Illustration: Anu Garg × DALL·E AI
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with Anu Gargagrostology
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun: The study of grasses.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek agrostis (a type of grass), from agros (field) + -logy (study).
Earliest documented use: 1820.
USAGE:
“‘Agrostology is not the most er... flamboyant of professions. That’s
my proper field.’ ‘I see. Rutabagas are just a sideline. But think of all the cows you’ve made happy.’” Charlotte MacLeod; Rest You Merry; G.K. Hall; 1979. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die
in. -George McGovern, senator, author, professor, and WWII pilot (19 Jul 1922-2012)
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