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Jun 17, 2025
This week’s themeNouning verbs, verbing nouns This week’s words eddy brandish truckle shellack hone 
Weapons to Arm Teachers With
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with Anu Gargbrandish
PRONUNCIATION:
(BRAN-dish)
MEANING:
verb tr.: To hold or wave something (especially a weapon), in a threatening or triumphant manner. noun: The act of waving or displaying something in an ostentatious or boastful manner. ETYMOLOGY:
From Anglo-French brandir (to flourish or wave), from brant/brand (sword).
Earliest documented use: verb: 1350, noun: 1601.
USAGE:
“‘Rammer Jammer’ starts with the brandish of fanfare.” Mark Hughes Cobb; Why Alabama Once Banned ‘Dixieland Delight’ and ‘Rammer Jammer’; Montgomery Advertiser (Alabama); Sep 23, 2023. “‘Some people call it a pizza cutter, but it’s a very good weapon,’ she said. Moore grabbed one and brandished it in the air.” Natalie Meade; Sewing Circle; The New Yorker; Dec 16, 2024. See more usage examples of brandish in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The ultimate sense of security will be when we come to recognize that we
are all part of one human race. Our primary allegiance is to the human race
and not to one particular color or border. I think the sooner we renounce
the sanctity of these many identities and try to identify ourselves with
the human race the sooner we will get a better world and a safer world.
-Mohamed ElBaradei, diplomat, Nobel laureate (b. 17 Jun 1942)
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