Posted on 03/23/2006 5:22:18 AM PST 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".
succor \SUH-kuhr\, noun:
1. Aid; help; assistance; especially, assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress.
2. The person or thing that brings relief.
transitive verb:
1. To help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve.
Example sentence:
There was some talk about the perils of the sea, and a landsman delivered himself of the customary nonsense about the poor mariner wandering in far oceans, tempest-tossed, pursued by dangers, every storm blast and thunderbolt in the home skies moving the friends by snug firesides to compassion for that poor mariner, and prayers for his succor.
-- Mark Twain, "Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion," The Atlantic, November 1877
Etymology: Succor derives from Latin succurrere, "to run under, to run or hasten to the aid or assistance of someone," from sub-, "under" + currere, "to run."
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 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!
yes, SG is the good girl in the class. no doubt about it.
"Hi, so-and-so: Was just talking about diseased colons on a conservative chat site and thought of you."
Ah, those ties that bind.
no sign of him. dang. see this is what happens when you go to some lame@$$ high school that can't have a 20 or even 25 year HS reunion!
Germans beat the US at soccer
We hung our heads at the locker
Lost in the second half
Man! We took a bath
And now we need a lot of succor.
Yup. I'm a Barnum.
LOL, now that is an old play, but still. . . LOL
-ahhhh, hill can't even keep bill's pants zipped, forget his mouth. rme
That's beautiful.
-you're getting to be a regular again. :^) Welcome!
I'll have to check out that thread later in the day, I like the dragonfly poem......it is my Ava day. She is napping and I need to get some lunch while I can. I am getting my baby fix today.
The Dragonfly poem won me a book publishing contract. I competed in open competition in Washington DC-2003. There were 50 poets in the room.
Very impressive. Congrats.
So do you have a published book?
Yes, I have. For details FReepmail me.
Yikes! What is going on in here while I'm out running?
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