Posted on 03/07/2007 5:30:53 AM PST by VRWCmember
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".
concomitant • \kun-KAH-muh-tunt\ • adjective
accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
Example sentence:
Jane is terrified of flying, and she's also not fond of the concomitant annoyances of air travel, like waiting in long security lines.
Did you know?
Concomitant" was introduced into English at a time when many people were criticizing the use of Latinate forms in favor of more "native" words from Old English. As a descendant of Latin "concomitari" ("to accompany") and ultimately of "comes," the Latin word for companion, "concomitant" may well have been initially derided as an ostentatious inkhorn term. Indeed, two associated words, the verb "concomitate," meaning "to accompany," and another adjective, "concomitaneous," meaning "of a concomitant nature," didn't survive to accompany "concomitant" into the 18th century.
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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
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)
i am going to have to monitor all three schools websites today to see what happens here. the far out counties cancelled school and nothing had even fallen out there yet. bc it started to snow after we left the house, i didn't even think to check. Someone now said 2-4" so who the heck knows what the schools will do. i hate this crap.
I think that word looks incomplete without another N or T, but I know it's right. It just looks funny.
I'm with ya!!!!
It started flurryig as I picked Becky up this morning....the 2 of them were non-stop about it in the back seat all the way to school. There were none to appreciative of my attitude that they might as well enjoy the flurries 'cause that's all we're gonna get.
I should have kept my mouth shut........it's starting to stick.
D'oh! Make that an M or T.
never taunt the SNOW FAIRY!!!
We are expecting 2-3 inches of snow, but it should be out of here by noon or so. And headed your way. Enjoy!
i want to pronounce it con-co-MIT-ant, but i know it's con COM it ant
yeah i guess a two of mine start after labor day and 6/13 sounds about right for them. xsboy started second to last week of august and i think he's done by memorial day or so. xsteen will be graduating early June regardless of snowdays so she doesn't care how many they get.
Tell me about it ........LOL!
Yeah, the seniors are going to graduate "on time" even though they will only get 177 days of school. The state could withhold some subsidies because of it.
it would be unfair to screw over students bc of the greediness of their teachers. if i was a senior i would be bearing them some serious ill will. i realize it's the union, but even so.
Oh I am such a slacker today. Good morning everyone.
-why is edwards out campaigning for president when his wife is battling breast cancer? rme
I would like to apologize to everyone for the snow, which is a concomitant effect of my cleaning on Saturday. I went and put away the kids' snow-pants, thereby GUARANTEEING the snowfall.
Hey ya Jagoff. Long time no see!
Yah, and there's even a Kennywood picnic reference in the same thread! I'm at home today with the snow-bound kiddos, so actually have a chance to freep a bit.
how much snow has BOUND yunz? i have been monitoring my kids school's websites and nothing happening here, they will finish out the day, but i doubt xsboy will have LAX practice though. xsteen's SENIOR retreat [with attendant bonding etc which she abhors] is tomorrow and Friday up in Buckeystown MD at some Bishop's retreat center there, i know she is praying for a blizzard to call THAT off, but it's unlikely.
Mercifully, the snow started at around 4:00am (I was awake by then) so that they were able to cancel school before it ever started. We have an intersection near my house that is 4-way stop, with two of the ways going downhill into the stop. My hubbie watched one guy slide through, then he went, then another guy came down the perpendicular hill fast....and nearly smacked into hubbie, who was able to floor it and get out of the way. This was at 7:00am, which would have been schoolbus time.
I built a fire in the fireplace, and the kids are chillin' warmly watching tv.
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