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May 23, 2017
This week’s themeWords borrowed from German This week’s words gemutlich anschauung gesellschaft gesamtkunstwerk krummholz Internet Anagram Server I, Rearrangement Servant A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garganschauung
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun: 1. Intuition. 2. Outlook, attitude, opinion, etc. ETYMOLOGY:
From German Anschauung (view, contemplation, perception), from anschauen
(to look at), from an- (at) + schauen (to look). Earliest documented use:
1820. Also see weltanschauung.
USAGE:
“You, through your knowledge and insight -- your Anschauung -- you can
help people.” H. Andrew Lynch; The Superhero’s Closet; Xlibris; 2006. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as
the body. -Margaret Fuller, author, critic, and women's rights advocate (23
May 1810-1850)
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