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eptitude

PRONUNCIATION:

(EP-ti-tood/tyood)

MEANING:

noun: Skill or proficiency in a situation or a task.

ETYMOLOGY:

Back-formation from ineptitude, from Latin aptus (apt, fitted), past participle of apere (fasten). Earliest documented use: 1967.

USAGE:

“Desperate vegetation clung to cracks in the rocks, demonstrating nature’s marvelous eptitude at making the best of a hellish situation.”
John Vorhaus; The Albuquerque Turkey; Bafflegab Books; 2013.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation, and compassion. -Simone de Beauvoir, author and philosopher (9 Jan 1908-1986)

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