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Feb 1, 2018
This week’s themeWords that turn into another when a letter is added or removed at the top This week’s words olid latitudinarian fuliginous emesis tautologous Photo: Emmessís
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with Anu Gargemesis
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun: The act or process of vomiting.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek emein (to vomit). Earliest documented use: 1875.
USAGE:
“If you feel nauseous, there are emesis bags in the side compartments.” Alan “DOC” Jamison; Space Force: Alien Treasures; Strategic Book Publishing; 2013. See more usage examples of emesis in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Let America be America again. / Let it be the dream it used to be. ... / Let
America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - / Let it be that great strong
land of love / Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme / That any man
be crushed by one above. -Langston Hughes, poet and novelist (1 Feb
1902-1967)
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