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Nov 12, 2020
This week’s themeWords having all five vowels and in order This week’s words anemious acedious adventitious caesious annelidous Get help with your crosswords Crossword Helper A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Gargcaesious
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
adjective: Bluish or grayish green.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin caesius, probably from caelum (sky). Earliest documented use: 1835.
USAGE:
“Leaves [are] medium green on upper surface, caesious beneath.” Peter Sell and Gina Murrell; Flora of Great Britain and Ireland; Cambridge University Press; 2006. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Patience is also a form of action. -Auguste Rodin, sculptor (12 Nov
1840-1917)
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