Posted on 01/11/2011 12:56:31 AM PST by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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".
helot [hel-uht, hee-luht]
-n
1. a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
2. ( lowercase ) a serf or slave; bondman.
[1570–80; < L hēlōtēs (pl.) < Gk heílōtes ]
Higher scorer in the SEC this year and the all-time highest scorer for Auburn. The impressive part is that he scored his points one and three at a time, except for the time he passed for a touchdown his sophomore year.
Helot Kitteh.
Ahh, a little Hayek. Well played sir, well played.
Dupnik snoozed, people died.
what a disgusting man.
Thank you. And “helotage” is the actual word, not something I just made up.
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