كلمة اليوم Word of the Day

**soubiri** · 09-16-2006, 09:33 AM

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Bowyang (Noun) <shapetype id="_x0000_t75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f" o

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**soubiri** · 09-17-2006, 12:52 PM

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Ken (Noun) <shapetype id="_x0000_t75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f" filled="f" o

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**soubiri** · 09-19-2006, 12:05 PM

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Tortfeasor (Noun) Pronunciation: ['tort-fee-zê(r)]Definition 1: One who is guilty of wrong-doing that is not in violation of a contract; a wrong-doer, or trespasser for which a civil remedy may be sought.Usage 1: A tort is a wrong or harm other than breach of contract, not to be confused with a torte (from Latin torta "twisted loaf"), the European cake, or a tart, the tasty pastry or the tasteless one. Examples include negligence, product liability, cooking the company books (but not tarts), traffic violations, assault. Intentional torts are uninsurable crimes, libel and slander, the exceptions. Companies and individuals may insure themselves against unintentional torts. Suggested usage: This word is brought to you as part of yourDictionary's unrelenting Campaign Against Profanity. Now you may say to people who mistreat you, "You dirty tortfeasor!" rather than resort to socially unapproved vocabulary. Remember, if the offense is a violation of a contract, you will misspeak yourself using this term. We might remember 2002 as the Year of the Tortfeasor in US business. Etymology: From French tort "wrong, evil" + -fesor, faiseur "doer" from Medieval Latin tortum, the neuter past participle of torquere "to twist," which also underlies "torque" and "torture." The English word evolving from the same source is "thwart

**soubiri** · 09-20-2006, 06:51 PM

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Grocery (Noun) Pronunciation: ['gro-sêr-ee]Definition 1: (1) Meat and vegetable produce (plural only); (2) a small store where these products and household supplies (soap, mops, pots and pans, etc.) are sold. Usage 1: The second meaning of today's word is a shortening of the phrase "grocery store." The products sold in a grocery store are "groceries;" the word is not used in the singular in this sense. Grocery stores have all but been replaced by huge supermarkets and local convenience stores today. Convenience stores usually lack the fresh produce that characterize the grocery store, sometimes called "the green-grocery" for their fresh fruit and vegetables. Suggested usage: Interestingly enough, neighborhood grocery stores are still prevalent in large cities, where the population is sufficient to support them, "Mercedes stopped at the grocery on her way home from work and picked up a lovely aubergine to stir fry." Getting the groceries home is always risky: "Elwin hung a bag of groceries on a little used door knob and forgot them until the smell revived his memory." Etymology: Although grocers aren't gross, that is where their name comes from. Today's word is derived from "grocer" by adding the suffix –y. "Grocer" originated in Medieval Latin grossarius "wholesale merchant," which entered English from Anglo-Norman "grosser." The Latin word is derived from Late Latin grossus "thick" which, later came to mean simply "large." How did "gross" get its unfavorable meaning? "Thick" and "large" led the word to refer to overweight people, which, through our usual prejudices, gave the word its current pejorative shade.

**soubiri** · 09-22-2006, 10:05 AM

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Byzantine (Adjective) <shapetype id="_x0000_t75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f" filled="f" o

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**soubiri** · 09-23-2006, 05:31 PM

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Finagle (Verb) <shapetype id="_x0000_t75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f" filled="f" o

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**soubiri** · 09-24-2006, 09:10 AM

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fast intr.v. fast·ed, fast·ing, fasts <ol type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; color: blue; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1">To abstain from food. </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; color: blue; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1">To eat very little or abstain from certain foods, especially as a religious discipline. </li></ol>n. The act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; color: blue; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2">A period of such abstention or self-denial. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; color: blue; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2">

**soubiri** · 09-25-2006, 01:16 PM

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Victual (Noun) Pronunciation: ['vit-êl]Definition 1: Human food; (Plural) food and provisionsUsage 1: Today's word is used most often in the plural as in "to lay in victuals for the coming storm." The noun may be used as a verb, too, which leads to the British use of "victualler" [vitt(e)ler] in reference to an inn-keeper or provisioner of ships and armies. Supply ships themselves have been referred to as "victuallers." "Victualage" [vitt(e)lage] may refer to the occupation of a victualler or the supplies he victuals.Suggested usage: The reason the [c] was returned to today's word was to make it sound more formal, more Latinate (see Etymology). The result was the misconception that the pronunciation "vittles" is incorrect. In fact, it is the natural one: "We have enough victuals in the house to live for three months without leaving it." But don't forget the delightful derivations of this word, "Bernard, could you help me remove the victualage from the trunk of the car?" Etymology: From Old French vitaille (also vitale), the normal descendent of Late Latin victualia, the neuter plural of victualis "food, sustenance." In Middle French, the [c] was reintroduced in the word to produce victuaille and English soon followed suit. The word is, in fact, sometimes spelled "vittle" but it has always been pronounced that way throughout the English-speaking world. The root goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gwei- which gave us English "quick" in the original sense of "alive." Latin lost the [g] and the [w] became [v] in vivere "to live," which stands behind our "vital," "vivid," "Viva!" and "vivacious."

**soubiri** · 09-27-2006, 08:46 PM

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Karma(Noun)Pronunciation: ['kah(r)-mê]Definition 1: The moral cause and effect system of Buddhism and Hinduism that assumes every action has a direct consequence. To simplify extremely, the consequence of good acts is happiness while the consequence of bad acts is misfortune and suffering. In fact, all acts, however minute and seemingly insignificant, have a consequence in this life and in determining the form in which you will be reincarnated in your next life. Usage 1: Today's word is another that is widely misused. It does not mean anything so simple as a good feeling, so don't say things like, "The karma in this room is really good." There is an adjective, "karmic." (Do not confused this word with "car-ma," the mystical spirit of urban streets that rewards good drivers with good luck in finding parking places, and avoiding tickets and accidents while punishing bad drivers with fender-benders, traffic tickets, and an inability to find parking places except on the top floors of expensive parking garages.) Suggested usage: A person with positive karma must be someone whose life has been lived to some extent for others: "Isabelle's karma from taking care of her invalid mother for all those years should reincarnate her as a queen." Negative karma can be just as strong, "The fact that every one of Lionel's lies gets him in trouble should tell you something about his karma." Etymology: Today's word is taken from Hindi karma "act, action" from Sanskrit karoti "performs, does, acts upon." It goes back to an ancient Proto-Indo-European root that meant "to make, do" which turns up in Russian charodei "witch" and ocharovanie "charm, enchantment," and appeared in cruth "shape, form" in Old Irish.

**soubiri** · 09-28-2006, 04:21 PM

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Adroit (Adjective) Pronunciation: [ê-'droyt]Definition 1: Dexterous, clever, deft. Usage 1: "Dexterous, deft, adroit," and "nimble" all refer to skillfulness. "Adroit" and "dexterous" are near synonyms though "adroit" refers more to agility than to skill. "Deft" implies dexterity and lightness, e.g. whipping egg whites with deft strokes of the hand, while "nimble" implies quickness, such as nimble fingering at the piano. The noun is "adroitness" and the antonym, "maladroit," means "clumsy, awkward." Suggested usage: There are times when an apt phrase adroitly delivered can be crucial: "Evelyn saved the evening with an adroit comment just as the conversation began to overheat." It is often applied in situations where timely execution is criticial, "Bernhard adroitly lifted the bottle and the wine glasses just as Muriel absent-mindedly swept her arm across the table." Etymology: From French, from à droit "to the right," another example of the success of conservatives in creating the illusion that everything right is good and normal, e.g. "right, righteous, upright, dexterous ("right" in Latin), adroit (French)" and everything left odd if not evil, e.g. "left-wing, gauche ("left" in French), sinister ("left" in Latin)."

**soubiri** · 09-29-2006, 09:36 PM

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**soubiri** · 09-30-2006, 08:27 PM

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**soubiri** · 10-01-2006, 08:32 PM

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**soubiri** · 10-02-2006, 09:56 PM

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Pandemic (Adjective)Pronunciation: [pæn-'de-mik]Definition 1: Widespread; occurring throughout all or almost all of a population.Usage 1: Not to be confused with "epidemic", which means "spreading rapidly and extensively by infection?" While it is usually applied to medical and public health problems, it needn't be restricted to this semantic field. Like "epidemic," this word may be used as a noun, too.Suggested usage: "The influenza epidemic is threatening to become pandemic this winter," would be a common use of the word. But it begs to be applied elsewhere: "The problem of inarticulate speech has become pandemic," or "Handguns have become a pandemic (epidemic, too) problem in the <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">U.S.</place></country-region>"Etymology: Late Latin pandemus, from Greek pandemos "of all the people," from pan- "all" + demos "people." Pan-demon-ium, (pan- + daimon "demon"), "panoply" (Greek panopli, pan- + hoopla "arms, armor"), panacea (Greek pan- + akos [as in "ache")] cure"). Demos, of course, also appears in "democracy," "demography," and "demagogue."

**soubiri** · 10-03-2006, 09:04 PM

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Imply (Verb)Pronunciation: [im-'plI]Definition 1: To indicate by necessary entailment rather than a direct statement; to occur as a logical consequence, as a garage implies ownership of an automobile. Usage 1: Today's word is the antonym of "infer," which makes it odd that the two are often confused. Here is how the two words work together: the speaker implies, the listener infers. "When Marquart said that he could not join her at the restaurant, Belinda (rashly) inferred that he didn't want to be seen in public with her." The speaker suggested a fact; the listener came to a conclusion based on evidence not explicitly stated. The noun is "implication" [im-plê-'key-shên] and the adjective, "implicative" ['im-plê-key-tiv] or [im-'pli-kê-tiv]. Suggested usage: Remember to keep the direction of the logical inference from giver to recipient straight, "Are you implying that I'm an idiot?" "Why would you infer that from my saying, 'I think you are wrong on this?'" Implications are subtle and not restricted to speech: "I don't like the implication of the smile on your face. Did I say something wrong?" <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: arial; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa; mso-fareast-font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us">Etymology:<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: arial; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa; mso-fareast-font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us"> From Latin implicare "to entangle, unite." The roots of "implicare" are in "in(to)" + plicare "to fold." The PIE root is *plek- "fold, weave," and extension of *pel- "fold." Suffixed as *plek-to-, the same root wound up in the words on "plex," as "perplex," and "complex," as well as "pleat" and "plait." With the suffix -so, the o-grade, *plok-so- is the origin of English "flax."

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