This week’s theme
Eponyms

This week’s words
galvanic
stan
maecenatism
alastor
Pygmalion

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(my/mi-SEE-nuh-tiz-uhm)

MEANING:

noun: Patronage, for example, the support or financial sponsorship provided to artists, musicians, or writers.

ETYMOLOGY:

After Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (c. 70-8 BCE), a wealthy adviser to the Roman Emperor Augustus. Maecenas was renowned for his generous patronage of poets like Horace and Virgil. Earliest documented use: 1606.

USAGE:

“In several port cities, museums and artists used to be sponsored by captains of port industry. ... In our view, port authorities should take initiatives aimed at reviving and structuring such port and shipping-based maecenatism.”
Eric Van Hooydonk; Soft Values of Seaports; Garant; 2007.

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