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Oct 13, 2023
This week’s themeWords for body parts This week’s words hallux pinna canthus uvula gnathion
Dude - there’s something on your chin.
No, the other one. Sorry, the third one. Cartoon: Dan Piraro This week’s comments AWADmail 1111 Next week’s theme Words derived from food A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garggnathion
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun: The lowest part of the chin.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin, from Greek gnathos (jaw). Ultimately from the Indo-European
root genu- (jawbone, chin), which also gave us chin,
gnathic,
prognathous,
and Sanskrit hanu (jaw). Hanuman (literally, having a large jaw) is the
name of a monkey god in the Hindu pantheon. Earliest documented use: 1888.
USAGE:
“‘The cyber sissy,’ I snapped, drawing near her to caress her gnathion
with the back of my right hand.” Hermann Observer; Brain Quest; CreateSpace; 2017. See more usage examples of gnathion in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Billionaires need the working class. The working class does not need
billionaires. -Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, US Congress member (b. Oct 13,
1989)
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