This week’s theme
Words that violate the i-before-e rule

This week’s words
reveille
facies
mythopoeic
obeisance
conscientious

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(mith-uh-PEE-ik), also mythopoetic (-po-ET-ik)

MEANING:

adjective: Relating to the making of myths.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek mythos (myth) + poiein (to make). Earliest documented use: 1846.

USAGE:

“The work ... is rich with literary and mythopoeic allusions. The story of Jonah’s sojourn in the whale’s belly comes readily enough to mind -- and Pinocchio’s too.”
Gary Michael Dault; Venture into the Belly of a Whale; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Nov 22, 2008.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: