Posted on 04/09/2008 5:54:57 AM PDT 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".
stygian • \STIJ-ee-un\ • adjective, (often capitalized)
1. of or relating to the river Styx
2. extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding *
Example sentence:
When the power went out in the building, the halls and stairwells were plunged into stygian darkness.
Did you know?
"Stygian" comes to us (by way of Latin "stygius" and Greek "stygios") from "Styx," the name of the principal river in Hades, the underworld of the dead in Greek mythology. This is the river over which Charon the boatman was said to ferry the spirits of the dead; the Greeks and Romans would place a coin in the mouth or hand of the deceased to serve as fare. It is also the river by which the gods swore their most binding oaths, according to the epics of Homer. English speakers have been using "stygian" to mean "of or relating to the river Styx" since the early 16th century. From there the meaning broadened to describe things that are as dark, dreary, and menacing as one might imagine Hades and the river Styx to be.
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 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)
We just watched the music video of SP “Come Sail Away” and now my husband is whistling that!
Good one.....lol Yes 8Tracks were impressive!
My guess on 8Tracks is going to be more mid 70’s - I think cassettes were out by late 70’s
Look down at the third picture - unreal. Oh and notice the quote from him regarding schools where their father said not to pick a college based on cost, but to pick the best school. He also went to Princeton - poor downtrodden?????
yeah, something about their upbringing doesn’t strike me as being all that humble as far as those things go. that is amazing though, they are very similar looking!
the male staff who Hillary attracts are slick, geeky weasels or rancid, asexual cream puffs.
All in all, she sums Hillary and her "men" up quite nicely.
Lata folks......I am off to Miss Ava's where there is no computer for the day.
That is beautiful, but admit it, you were boy shopping.
That’s called a “high fi.” My mom still has hers.
You may not have gone to college with a stereo, but you had a single room. That’s luxury. LOL
We CMU folks called it the “Tower of Ignorance.”
Previews for "Equus" Starring Dan Radcliffe To Begin September 5
Don't take your kids.
is THAT where you went? RME!
single room jr and sr year. i never lived in an apt. i lived in the intensive nerd unit on Tower C. seriously, it was called the intensive study unit and had mandatory quiet hours etc.
not interested in half naked teenaged boys!
You think a well-rounded, erudite, charming, intelligent and humble person like me comes from a state school. ;-)
had no idea where you went. obviously you weren’t born a poor white child as i was!
I’ll bet your two teen aged daughters would be. One of them is of legal age, so she can go if she can afford it.
neither of them are big daniel ratliffe fans, they prefer that redheaded one. oh, and cedric, may he rest in peace. and i assure you neither of them are interested in male nudity of any age!!!
I was born a poor black child to sharecroppers in South Alabama.
well i figured it would not be credible to claim to be born as a poor black child to the son and daughter of eastern european immigrants!
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