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Sep 13, 2010
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with Anu GargA flight of imagination can take us anywhere, whether real or fabled. This week's words describe places that exist only in people's minds. Some of these we may want to go to, some perhaps not. These are mythical places and they are used figuratively in English. Join us for the next five days as we visit these imaginary places. No need to buy a ticket. No need to pack. All aboard, fasten your seatbelts! Camelot
PRONUNCIATION:
(KAM-uh-lot)
MEANING:
noun:
An idealized time or place, one regarded as enlightened, beautiful,
and peaceful.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Camelot, the site of King Arthur's court in Arthurian legend.
NOTES:
Camelot has also become a nickname for the glamorous ambience
of the time in the US when John F. Kennedy was the president (1961-1963).
A musical titled Camelot, based on the Arthurian legend, was popular around
the same time and the word came to be applied to the exciting time of change
during Kennedy's administration.
USAGE:
"Dan Webster likes to reminisce about the good ol' days when Republicans
ended the Democrats' reign of terror and turned Tallahassee into a Camelot
of good government."Scott Maxwell; Alan Grayson's GOP Challengers Slide to Right at Forum; Los Angeles Times; May 27, 2010. See more usage examples of camelot in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. -Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (1729-1797)
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