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Apr 23, 2018
This week’s themeThere’s a word for it This week’s words sillage androcracy pinetum arctophile make-work 
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A.Word.A.Day
with Anu GargIf there is something out there, chances are there’s a name for it. This could be a thing or a place or an idea. Sure, one could do without a name and describe something or someone in another way -- that tall man in a blue shirt -- but having a name makes it easier. This week’s five words describe things, ideas, or persons you may have known earlier, but not known that there’s a word for them. sillage
PRONUNCIATION:
(see-AHZH)
MEANING:
noun: The trail of scent that lingers behind from a perfume; also, the degree to which it lingers.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French sillage (wake, trail). Earliest documented use: early 1800s.
USAGE:
“Phlur’s Siano fragrance intends to be a celebration of nightlife and ‘for
those who want to own the room,’ ... Its sillage is ‘far’.” Ellen Byron; When Words and Pictures Sell a Fragrance; The Wall Street Journal (New York); Jun 22, 2016. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
This above all: to thine own self be true, / And it must follow, as the
night the day, / Thou canst not then be false to any man. -William
Shakespeare, poet and dramatist (23 Apr 1564-1616)
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