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rrammfcitktturjsp:
To all,
Here's the word of the day.
"legerdemain \lej-er-duh-MAYN\ noun
*1 : sleight of hand
2 : a display of skill and adroitness
Example sentence:
It was an impressive feat of legerdemain for Shane to take a dollar bill and instantly turn it into twenty nickels.
Did you know?
In Middle French, folks who were clever enough to fool others with fast-fingered illusions were described as "leger de main," literally "light of hand." English speakers condensed that phrase into a noun when they borrowed it in the 15th century and began using it as an alternative to the older "sleight of hand." (That term for dexterity or skill in using one's hands makes use of "sleight," an old word from Middle English that derives from an Old Norse word meaning "sly.") In more modern times, a feat of legerdemain can even be accomplished without using your hands, as in, for example, "an impressive bit of financial legerdemain.""[/color]
Enjoy.
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
hebrewroots98:
Ah, that's where we get that saying from; that goes waaay back. Interesting.
rrammfcitktturjsp:
To All,
I really like this one, reminds me of the word quotient, and anything that reminds me of mathematics I like.
"quotidian \ kwoh-TID-ee-un\ adjective
1 : occurring every day
*2 : belonging to each day : everyday 3 : commonplace, ordinary
Example sentence:
As an employee, Fiona is gifted at solving the difficult problems that arise from time to time, but she is often careless about the quotidian responsibilities of her job.
Did you know?
In Shakespeare's play As You Like It, the character Rosalind observes that Orlando, who has been running about in the woods carving her name on trees and hanging love poems on branches, "seems to have the quotidian of love upon him." Shakespeare's use doesn't make it clear that "quotidian" derives from a Latin word that means "every day." But as odd as it may seem, Shakespeare's use of "quotidian" is just a short semantic step away from the "daily" adjective sense. Some fevers occur intermittently — sometimes daily. The phrase "quotidian fever" and the noun "quotidian" have long been used for such "[/color]
Enjoy.
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
rrammfcitktturjsp:
To ALL and especially Longhorn,
Here's the word of the day. I love words beginning with x or z becuase they are very unusual and this one fits the bill.
"zaibatsu \zye-BAHT-soo\ noun
: a powerful financial and industrial conglomerate of Japan
Example sentence:
As owners of a zaibatsu with interests in the insurance and banking industries, the family's decisions had an undeniable impact on the Japanese economy.
Did you know?
"Zaibatsu" is a compound formed by the Japanese words "zai," meaning "money" or "wealth," and "batsu," meaning "clique" or "clan." The word refers to one of several large capitalist enterprises that developed in Japan after the Meiji Restoration of 1868 and that expanded rapidly during World War I. Each zaibatsu was typically organized around a single family and controlled interests in multiple areas, such as mining, foreign trade, textiles, insurance, and especially banks. While zaibatsus were dissolved during the Allied occupation of Japan following World War II (around the time the word entered English), many of the individual companies that comprised them continued to be managed as they had been, and the term has survived."[/color]
Longhorn, make a story of this word and you will be the master story teller of them all. I have been racking my brains in seeing how a story could be made with this word.
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
rrammfcitktturjsp:
To All,
Well for a little change today. Susan asked me to post this as the word of the day today and so here it is.
Wowser:
1. Her definition: a self-rightous stuck-up woman
2. Dictionary.com 's definitions - a uptight?, persnickety person
I kind of liked the word. Gives me a new name to call the spinless preachers stuck in Babylon. ;D
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
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