Posted on 05/26/2005 5:30:40 AM PDT by secret garden2
Word For The Day, Thursday, May 26, 2005
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".
[artifice \AR-tuh-fis\, noun: 1. Cleverness or skill; ingenuity; inventiveness. 2. An ingenious or artful device or expedient. 3. An artful trick or stratagem. 4. Trickery; craftiness; insincere or deceptive behavior.]
[Built by design and artifice, it fell apart in confusion and chaos. --John Gray, [1]False Dawn
This theatricality is necessary to signal Prospero's farewell to magic, and indeed the play debates that very contrast between artifice and reality, illusion and truth. --Amy Rosenthal, "An insubstantial pageant," [2]New Statesman, February 3, 2003
The smoke had cleared enough for him to see bayonets flash in the distance, behind the wall, what looked like thousands of them, the wall itself appearing to rise out of the smoke as if produced by the artifice of some magician. --Kathleen Cambor, [3]In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden
The intuitive connection children feel with animals can be a tremendous source of joy. The unconditional love received from pets, and the lack of artifice in the relationship, contrast sharply with the much trickier dealings with members of their own species. --Frans De Waal, [4]The Ape and the Sushi Master
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Etymology: [Artifice comes from artificium, from artifex, artific-, "artificer, craftsman," from Latin ars, art-, "art" + facere, "to make." It is related to artificial. ]
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....
Comment Section:
Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!
Here is my example with WFTD.
[Watching McPain engage in obligatory artifice on this morning's Fox & Friends was illuminating. It really is all about him and his movie.]
Review Threads:
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!
That sounds like a really good deal.
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!
I should have kept reading before responding to the post about the floor!
I think my son is now looking at Harvard. Boy, is he in for a surprise. ;)
LOL!!!!!
A++. Better late than never!
If at first you don't succeed, post, post again. A+++ !
Well, I probably deserved it. Darn Englisch language.
What was wrong with German, anyway?
A++, even though the thought of hillary's cankles made me gag.
Have a great evening, and thank you for all that you do.
If my boss won't pay me what I'm really worth, how could I ask it of my friends? Take yourself out for ice cream instead!
Jawohl. LOL.
I was watching this movie in german a few years (BIG UNDERSTATEMENT) back, and this kid gets in trouble with the teacher. She says to him, "Brille ab!" ("Pardon me, but would you kindly remove your glasses?")
Then, she grabs the back of his head, and slams his face into the desk.
And THAT is why germans had the best engineers in the world.
According to a family member who is fluent in German, you are spouting gibberish at me. Didn't you think I would check your post? Gosh, patton, we shouldn't have left you out on the playground so long this afternoon. ;)
But maybe I am spouting gibberish.
Where do the gibberese live, anyway?
LOL.
You should never leave me alone.
"Please, take a seat. A DIFFERENT seat. In any case, move to another seat - NOW"
I don't know. Sorry, I don't know Jackson that well.
Screw Hahhvard. We don't need another Granholm. Big 10 all the way!!!!
China King, next to Art Van furniture on West. (US 117)
There goes $100 per snow job.
I'll keep that in mind next time I'm down that way.
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