Posted on 02/02/2006 4:48:10 AM PST by secret garden
Word For The Day, Thursday, February 02, 2006, Groundhog Day - recondite
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
recondite \REK-uhn-dyt\, adjective
1. Difficult to understand; abstruse.
2. Concerned with obscure subject matter.
Example sentences:
And his fondness for stopping his readers short in their tracks with evidence of his recondite vocabulary is wonderfully irritating.
--"Books of the Times," New York Times, February 23, 1951
Among his playmates he counts the Italian novelist and semiotics professor Umberto Eco, whom he befriended 15 years ago when they engaged in a fierce ottava rima competition that lasted for weeks. They still trade complicated riddles and recondite guessing games by mail.
--"Roberto Benigni: The Funniest Italian You've Probably Never Heard Of," New York Times, October 11, 1998
Etymology: Recondite is from Latin reconditus, past participle of recondere, "to store back," i.e., "out of the way," hence "to hide"; itself from re-, "back, again" + condere, "to put away, to store." Thus, recondite knowledge is "hidden" (because of obscurity or difficulty) from the understanding of the average person.
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Here is my example with WFTD.
There is nothing recondite about Punxsutawney Phil today. He saw his shadow so we have six more weeks of winter.
Happy Groundhog Day!!!
Recondite?
isn't that when the Sec of State accepts her appointment again?
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Groundhog Day....
When rodents rule their rooted ruts, and Richard Gere cringes.
Good one Robert. I thought this might be a good one for our anagrammists, too.
I recondite show up here. How's everybody?
It's binary to see you too Mareteen!
Servings:Preparation Time:0.75 hours
Ingredients
1 groundhog
2 onions, sliced
1/2 cup celery, sliced
Flour
Vinegar and water
Salt and pepper
Cloves
Cooking Instructions Clean groundhog; remove glands; cut into serving pieces. Soak overnight in a solution of equal parts of water and vinegar with addition of one sliced onion and a little salt. Drain, wash, and wipe. Parboil 20 minutes, drain, and cover with fresh boiling water. Add one sliced onion, celery, a few cloves, and salt and pepper to taste. Cook until tender; thicken gravy with flour.
Uh, that's Marteen, not your seaside counterpart.
Happy Groundhog Day!!!
Welcome back!
Until it all wraps up, we shawl enjoy unraveling the unrivaling of Fringe's successful stringing together of yet another b'day.
(The dent might even present more images from the bottom of his dental floss collection.)
Flamethrower.
Groundhog.
Hole.
.....
I say next year we BLIND the Groundhog!
There was a really obnoxious woman at Mrs. F's office who used to overdo it with the fringe outfits (generally) and vex Mrs. F (specifically).
Our nickname for her was "Lunatic Fringe."
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LF!
Top 5?
Always!
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