Word For The Day: Monday, July 28, 2003

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary | July 28, 2003 | The Verbivores

[VRWCmember]

Word For The Day, Monday, July 28, 2003: Fugacious

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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".

quietus \kwye-EE-tus\ noun
1. final settlement (as of a debt)
2. removal from activity; especially death *
3. something that quiets or represses

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.

Example sentence: "This book is also about the death of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria, a quietus that for reasons not satisfactorily explained has been placed a year later than it actually occurred." (Ruth Rendell, _The New York Times Book Review_, April 6, 1986)

Did you know?
In the early 1500s, English speakers adopted the Medieval Latin phrase "quietus est" (literally "he is quit") as the name for the writ of discharge exempting a baron or knight from payment of a knight's fee to the king. The expression was later shortened to "quietus" and applied to the termination of any debt. William Shakespeare was the first to use "quietus" as a metaphor for the termination of life: "For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, ...When he himself might his quietus make / With a bare bodkin?" (_Hamlet_). The third meaning, which is more influenced by "quiet" than "quit," appeared in the 19th century. It sometimes occurs in the phrase "put the quietus on" (as in, "The bad news put the quietus on their celebration").

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....

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[Conspiracy Guy]

I was getting out of hand, (so to speak). Caught myself, (so to speak), before it went too far.

[camle]

mebbe "meo-(split)(thud!)

[Conspiracy Guy]

Yer welcome. Friday night don't miss our big Karaoke contest. First prize is a weekend as the guest of camle. Second prize is a week as the guest of camle.

[Laura Earl]

thanks for washing my car sweetie

[Laura Earl]

The Latvians are mean, when will it be safe to go back home?

[xsmommy]

THIS is just horrible! LOL!

[Gabz]

You beat me to it!!!

I was just about to post that................

You gotta love the writers at the Onion.

[xsmommy]

this is particularly twisted!!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Look at this Onion post that explains the Olsen's quietus about the other sib.

[Laura Earl]

For cryin' out loud!

[camle]

only if the winner is one of the coquettes.

[Gabz]

yes, but most of their stuff is!!

I heard about this one on the radio on Friday - after MD Gov. Erlich denied it!!!

Deficit wracked maryland calls it quits

I'm so glad i wasn't driving - because I was laughing so hard listening to the story about Erlich denying it that I had tears running down my face.

[xsmommy]

they actually questioned Ehrlich about it? LMAO!!!!! that is hysterical!

[Conspiracy Guy]

I'm not ready yet. Where else would you like to live. Tell me and I'll meet you there.

[Laura Earl]

sigh...fwadawah it is.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Heck I aint gonna enter. A beer with camle maybe. Week end? No way.

[Conspiracy Guy]

too close. Let me look around.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Pack yer stuff I'm in the Bahamas. Come on.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Hey. We left Latvia too cold for Laura Earl. For now we've moved to the Bahamas. LE loves it.

[camle]

not to worry. i wouldn't want to spend the weekend with a furry flurry! wrong gender, pops;-) i said coquette!

here's a peace offering