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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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 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)
sounds good to me!
I'm pretty sure we'd never see him shave his head in support of her battle, as Brett Favre did for his wife Deana. I love #4.
Concomitant with the scrutiny Hillary will get as a presidential candidate, her beloved husband’s record will also get a close look. Perhaps there will be sufficient cause to throw that tomcat con in jail. Scooter’s not the only one who ever got convicted for lying to a grand jury. Of course, the major media believes that lying by an assistant to a vice-president about a non-crime is far, far more serious than perjury by a sitting President about his own sexual harassment crimes.
Hi, late for the party as usual.
Snow & lousy weather seem to be concomitant to sluggishness.
My silencer arrived yesterday, concomitant with my tax refund check. This proves that the government might in some way be useful.
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