Posted on 07/04/2008 6:03:13 AM PDT by tioga
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".
Inalienable
Adjective
"Alien," "alienable," "inalienable" -- it's easy enough to see the Latin word "alius," meaning "other," at the root of these three words. "Alien" joined our language in the 14th century, and one of its earliest meanings was "belonging to another." By the early 1600s that sense of "alien" had led to the development of "alienable," an adjective describing something you could give away or transfer ownership of, and "unalienable," its opposite. By about 1645, "inalienable" was also in use as a synonym of "unalienable." "Inalienable" is the more common variant today, but it was "unalienable" that was used in the Declaration of Independence to describe rights like life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Happy 4th of July!
Obama wants to tamper with
Our inalienable rights
Take our guns, let our sons
Marry some guy in tights
And make sure that we’re always
At work and doing our job
To provide bread and circuses
For the modern Roman mob
And if we criticize, he says
It must be based upon his race-
This narcissist doesn’t realize
We’re tired of his clueless face
I’ve got to gather up the salad I made, the carnitas and beer and go meet hubby at the neighbor’s house up the road to start grilling...
Ours is for tomorrow night but they said we’d have to have heavy rain to cancel for tonight. Right now it’s just overcast.
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Hope you had a great party!
who invented monday holidays anyway? LOL A+
didn’t rain on our parade......
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I HATE that pic! I want them arrested and shipped back where they came from and a huge fence built.
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Worthy words for the nation’s birthday!
-and God bless President Bush for his two supreme pics!
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—obama scares the cr@p out of me......
Awwwwwwwwwwwww
—the more the world hates him the more the Lord embraced him......curse of the true Christian.
May he RIP.
As you will note, I am behind on reading my pings........
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