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Word For The Day, Thursday, May 24, 2012 - chrestomathy
dictionaries ad nauseam | 24 May 2012 | Thursday's sub

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 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!


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To: Texan5
A+ for you. Have I told you about one of my friends whose dad was friends with Nixon? They got along famously and I have heard interesting stories from him. I know you cannot stand him/his legacy.
In local news, the new dog's airbags were successfully deflated yesterday, with no noticeable side effects or horrific swelling. I think he had young boys at his former home because he really, really likes them and was whining the past hour, wanting to play with the boys throwing a ball across the street.
61 posted on 05/24/2012 12:46:43 PM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

Does your dog have a tire pressure monitoring system, too?


62 posted on 05/24/2012 1:26:37 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

No, but he has recently lost a little weight in the undercarriage.


63 posted on 05/24/2012 2:53:38 PM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

I’m so glad your puppy was neitered without a hitch-he will be a wonderful pet-whenever I find that a cat I adopt is to certain types of people I always wonder if someone is missing them and mourning their loss-Titus is such a cat-he loves women, and will self-invite and sit on my lap or my daughter’s for hours, but does not care for men.

I think the reason I dislike Nixon so much is that he was the first president I voted for, and I was really disillusioned-hated the things he was involved in-I was young and idealistic then. But I’d love to hear about your friend’s dad.


64 posted on 05/24/2012 5:46:37 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

It is annoying to have someone burn you when you are idealistic. That makes perfect sense.


65 posted on 05/24/2012 8:57:59 PM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: xsmommy; SoothingDave; secret garden

Overslept. Classroom up in a few minutes.


66 posted on 05/25/2012 6:11:36 AM PDT by tioga
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