Posted on 05/24/2012 4:20:28 AM PDT by secret garden
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".
chrestomathy \kres-TOM-uh-thee\ , noun
A collection of selected literary passages.
Example sentences:
I had learned to read Sanscrit and to translate easy passages in the chrestomathy, and devoted myself with special zeal to the study of the Latin grammar and prosody.
-- Georg Ebers, The Story of My Life from Childhood to Manhood
This little chrestomathy preserves almost the only words of Atticus to have survived from antiquity.
-- Peter White, Cicero in Letters
Etymology:
Chrestomathy literally means "useful to learn" in Greek, from the roots chres- meaning "to use" and math- meaning "to learn."
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 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
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Evangelical children labor over Biblical chrestomathy.
"Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit.
This is the fine point on which all the legal professions of history
have based their job security."
- Bene Gesserit Coda
"Major flaws in government arise from a fear
of making radical internal changes even
though a need is clearly seen.
- Darwi Odrade
"Bureaucracy destroys initiative.
There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation,
especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines.
Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept.
Who enjoys appearing inept?
- A Guide to Trial and Error in Government, Bene Gesserit Archives
I will forebear to post a chrestomathy of my poems, although it is doubtless that there are items useful to learn among them.
Where else would you be able to find, for example, such pithy observations as that “Roses are red”?
Liberals invent their own chrestomathy of the Constitution.
Huh? How can I do math with toothpaste?
One must look for significant digits.
"Crest has been shown to be an effective decay-preventive dentifrice that can be of significant value when used in a conscientiously applied program of oral hygiene and regular professional care."
Slow Joe isn’t the problem, Obama is.
With that said, it would be kind of fun to see how Hillary would get Obama impeached by the middle of the term.
There’s going to be a whole chrestomathy on how Obamacare caused people to lose their coverage.
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/05/23/confirmed-2nd-catholic-university-dropping-insurance/
I was dentrifrisked once by a hygienist.
I’m pretty sure more people die from heart disease than pregnancy, so I’m still unclear why contraception has to be free while cholesterol medicine isn’t.
Well, I’ve been using it for just about as long as xsex has, but I’ve got to admit that brushing with chrestonmatheeth is best.
Obama read Commie chrestomathy
Said, “Lenin and Marx, boy, am I with thee!”
This wasn’t a whim
It made sense to him
Can’t fathom the right-wing’s antipathy?
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