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- A. Word. A. Day -- Words From Archives
Home Today's Word Yesterday's Word Archives FAQ A Word A Day--interrex Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio interrex (IN-tuhr-reks) noun, plural interreges (in-tuhr-REE-jeez) A person holding supreme authority in a state during an interregnum (the interval of time between the end of a sovereign's reign and the accession of a successor) [From Latin, inter- between + rex, king ] "The consuls, too
- A. Word. A. Day -- Words From Archives
Peter Goodman, Piano forte, Newsday, Jan 9, 1994 This week's theme: unusual, esoteric, preposterous words X-Bonus The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones -Joseph Joubert (1754-1824)
- A. Word. A. Day -- Words From Archives
Home Today's Word Yesterday's Word Archives FAQ A Word A Day--paranymph Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio paranymph (PAR-uh-nimf) noun 1 A groomsman or a bridesmaid 2 In ancient Greece, a friend who accompanied the bridegroom when he went to bring home the bride, or the bridesmaid who escorted the bride to the bridegroom [From Late Latin paranymphus, from Greek paranymphos (masculine and
- A. Word. A. Day -- trichotillomania
Home Jul 10, 2000 This week's theme Words to drop into conversations with a therapist This week's words trichotillomania cathexis arctophile symbiosis nisus acedia thanatophobia Previous week’s theme Unusual, esoteric, preposterous words A Word A Day with Anu Garg Do you have trouble verbalizing yourself to your psychologist? Do you find
- A. Word. A. Day--Todays Word - wordsmith. org
It's that time of the year again, the time when we feature odds-and-ends One-of-a-kind words Words that are unusual, picturesque, whimsical, esoteric, or intriguing And like all the creatures in this world, these words serve a purpose (as shown by the accompanying citations) They make our verbal universe richer and more diverse So here
- A. Word. A. Day -- Words From Archives
Slowly they take over and we realize we need words with even more potency, words that are unusual, esoteric, or even preposterous, to get an ever greater high Are you one of those for whom the dictionary might be better characterized as addictionary?
- A. Word. A. Day -- proceleusmatic - Wordsmith
A Word A Day--proceleusmatic Once in a while delivery of this newsletter is delayed and messages complaining of withdrawal symptoms pour into my mailbox "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind," as British writer Rudyard Kipling said That might help explain why some of us get so hooked on them As time passes, we experience symptoms of mithridatism, the condition of
- A. Word. A. Day -- dingle
A Word A Day--dingle It's that time of the year again when we feature odds and ends One-of-a-kind words Words that are unusual, picturesque, whimsical, esoteric, or intriguing And like all the creatures in this world, this week's words serve a purpose (as shown by their accompanying citations) They make our verbal universe richer and more diverse So here they are We've coaxed them out of
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