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Oct 9, 2013

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with Anu Garg

xanthodontous

PRONUNCIATION:

(zan-tho-DON-tuhs)

MEANING:

adjective: Having yellow teeth.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek xanthos (yellow) + -odon (toothed). Earliest documented use: 1862. Also see Xanthippe.

USAGE:

"Nary a xanthodontous smile in sight."
Emme Nelson Baxter; Volunteers Deserve a Hand in Tough Times; The Tennessean; May 3, 2009.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Imagine there's no countries, / It isn't hard to do, / Nothing to kill or die for, / No religion too, / Imagine all the people / living life in peace. -John Lennon, musician (1940-1980)

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