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Oct 15, 2015
This week’s themeWords with hooks This week’s words ambit peculate resumptive uberous olio Illustration: Leah Palmer Preiss
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with Anu Garguberous
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
adjective: Abundant; fruitful.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin uber (rich, fruitful, abundant, etc.). Earliest documented use: 1624.
USAGE:
“School Principal lauded the Primary teachers for their uberous
contribution in preparing the small kids for their best presentations.” Vishwa Bharati Celebrates Janam Ashtami; Early Times (India); Sep 2, 2015. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly. -Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, philosopher (15 Oct 1844-1900)
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