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!
A+ for you. Don't get me started on how we washed out at the WBC!
Miss Rika! How nice to see you here! How is the four letter word going?
sheesh, SG has got you cowed! no one else can provoke such a meek response!
Could you look MORE guilty? /Chandler Bing
Maggie May has more power over him than any of us ever will. ;)
I've been burned by those shrillary links before so I'll just toss an A+ in your general direction.
I'm already bad at that and get yelled at over it often by Mrs. Dupa....
in the air? or in the sheets? (inquiring minds want to know)
Maggie may is still tiny but it pays to beware overindulging. there is a familial instance of an overindulged daughter who is now a rebellious teen and it is painful for all concerned. short leashes and discipline cannot be beat as parental tools. Not xsteen, and not my immediate family, but painful to watch nonetheless.
Is that HD between the cop and the cowboy?
Two girls competing for your attention. You poor thing! When I did deliveries where they had baby girls, I always had the dad to check to make sure she had two pinkie fingers and said they were very important for little girls. When they'd look at me questioningly, I'd tell them, that's what they wrap their daddies around.
hey no - I again agree fully. I know I need reigning in - and I can already see how the kid knows to try to con me into things that Momma says no to. I mean, when I spot it happening I back up the Mrs. fully. But she's already good and doing it on the sly. Damn 2 1/4 yr-old fools me!
And who is yanking his chain?
Wait a second, I thought you were the construction dude, so now you're saying you are the Indian guy?
HD likes dress up : )
I'm stealing that line, thank you - lol!
I started crying and I ran to the drawer to get a pill to calm down," she said. "I talked to my psychiatrist. All my fears came out. Everything I always thought came out -- that nobody likes me and everybody talks about me."
i wasn't sure if it was tobe or HD!
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