This Week's Word: concordanceAWAD archive date: Sat Feb 12 00:04:24 EST 2000

concordance (kuhn-KOR-dns) noun

1. Agreement; concord.
2. An alphabetical index of all the words in a text or corpus of texts, showing every contextual occurrence of a word.
3. The presence of a given trait in both members of a pair of twins.

The current theme: words about words.

This Week's Word: lexemeAWAD archive date: Fri Feb 11 00:04:30 EST 2000

lexeme (LEK-seem) noun
The fundamental unit of the lexicon of a language. Find, found, and finding are members of the English lexeme find.

The current theme: words about words.

This Week's Word: florilegiumAWAD archive date: Thu Feb 10 00:04:27 EST 2000

florilegium (flor-uh-LEE-jee-uhm, FLOR-) noun, plural florilegia
A collection of literary pieces; anthology.

The current theme: words about words.

This Week's Word: orthographyAWAD archive date: Wed Feb 9 00:04:37 EST 2000orthography (or-THOG-ruh-fee) noun

1. The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
2. The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words.
3. A method of representing the sounds of language or a language by letters and diacritics; ( Read more... )

This Week's Word: omnibusAWAD archive date:Tue Feb 8 00:04:32 EST 2000omnibus (OM-ni-bus) noun

1. A long motor vehicle for passengers; a bus.
2. A printed anthology of the works of one author or of writings on related subjects

adjective
Including or covering many things or classes.
The current theme: words about words.

This Week's Word: snigletAWAD archive date: Mon Feb 7 00:04:24 EST 2000sniglet (SNIG-lit) noun Any word coined for something that has no specific name.
The current theme: words about words.

This Week's Word: exhilaration AWAD archive date: Sun Feb 6 00:04:30 EST 2000exhilaration (ig-zil-uh-RAY-shuhn) noun The state of being stimulated, refreshed, or elated.

This Week's Word: salvageAWAD archive date: Sat Feb 5 00:04:24 EST 2000salvage (SAL-vij) noun

1. The rescue of a ship, its crew, or its cargo from fire or shipwreck. The ship, crew, or cargo so rescued. Compensation given to those who voluntarily aid in such a rescue.
2. The act of saving imperiled property from loss. The property so saved.
3. Something ( Read more... )

This Week's Word: precipitationAWAD archive date: Fri Feb 4 00:04:24 EST 2000precipitation (pri-sip-i-TAY-shuhn) noun

1. A headlong fall or rush.
2. Abrupt or impulsive haste.
3. A hastening or an acceleration, especially one that is sudden or unexpected.
4. Any form of water, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, that falls to the earth's surface. The quantity of ( Read more... )

This Week's Word: perambulateAWAD archive date: Thu Feb 3 03:04:35 EST 2000perambulate (puh-RAM-byuh-layt)
verb tr.1. To walk through.
2. To inspect (an area) on foot.

verb intr.
To walk about; roam or stroll.

jnghh: I would like to apologize for the missing days in the past two months. The end of the year is always a crazy, hectic time for me. In ( Read more... )