This week’s theme
Words from Star Wars

This week’s words
Yoda
droid
Jedi
Padawan
dark side

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(JED-eye)

MEANING:

noun: Someone having great skills and powers.

ETYMOLOGY:

After the Jedi Order in the Star Wars universe. Jedis are heroic warrior monks who are able to tap into the power of the Force. Earliest documented use: 1973. Yoda was a Jedi master.

USAGE:

“He probably believed his issues with declining global markets, international currencies, and what other troubles a Jedi like him had to endure and solve were far too complicated for someone like Mark, a mere podiatrist.”
Dorothea Benton Frank; Folly Beach; HarperLuxe; 2011.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: