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Apr 29, 2020
This week’s themeWords to describe people This week’s words ambivert hapless superbious hoary precocious Internet Anagram Server I, Rearrangement Servant May I try your name? A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Gargsuperbious
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
adjective: Proud; insolent.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin superbiosus (proud or insolent), from superbia (pride), from
superbus (superb, proud). Earliest documented use: 1509.
USAGE:
“I find myself a superbious match, That, of course, being me. I made my mind up long ago: I am what is best for me and all those with me. Nobody else, just me.” Cameron Mcnaughton; Imaginings; AuthorHouse; 2019. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I don't need time. What I need is a deadline. -Duke Ellington, jazz
pianist, composer, and conductor (29 Apr 1899-1974)
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