Word For The Day, Thursday, March 30, 2006 - esculent

dictionaries ad nauseum, internet | March 30, 2006 | secret garden

[secret garden]

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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".

esculent • \ESS-kyuh-lunt\ • adjective
: edible

Example sentence:
Sonia is a chef at The Wild Asparagus, a top-notch restaurant whose claim to fame is that every dish on the menu features an esculent native plant.

Etymology:
One appealing thing about "esculent" is that this word, which comes from the Latin for food ("esca"), has been around for 375 years. If we give you just one more tidbit of etymology—that "esca" is from Latin "edere," which means "to eat"—can you pick which of the following words is NOT related to "esculent"?

comestible edacious edible escalade escarole obese

"Comestible" (meaning "edible"), "edacious" (meaning "voracious"), "edible," "escarole" (a type of salad green), and "obese" are all descendants of "edere." Only "escalade" (meaning "an act of scaling walls") doesn't belong on the list. It descends from the Italian "scalare," meaning "to scale."

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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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!

[VRWCmember]

i'm going to eat this esculant cat if he doesn't stay out of my way today

I like cats ... they taste like chicken.

[secret garden]

Marteen has one of the world's scariest photos on that thread.

[Gabz]

Last night after I got home from Bingo I predicted the delay this morning........the fog was rolling in quite heavily at 9:15.

[secret garden]

The crapulous swimmer. Is he still alive? A+ for you.

[Gabz]

The sun is shining and it's nearly 60 already..........but the fog was pea soup thick at 6 this morning, which is when they make the call on delaying.

[secret garden]

Almost forgot your grade. A++!

[martin_fierro]

ESCULENT!

[xsmommy]

this is a MAN, baby....

i see 5 oclock shadow!

[xsmommy]

what's with the scary pix today?

[martin_fierro]

Oh, yer just a great big chicken.

[secret garden]

Arcimboldo! I LOVE it! A++!

[xsmommy]

ain't

[secret garden]

She has more of a Bu'wheat than a whachoo-talkin'-bout-Willis look, doesn't she?

[secret garden]

Who would've thought of hiding contraband in jars of esculent goodness?

[xsmommy]

the goo doesn't gum up the workings of the firearm? hey, what do i know!

[xsmommy]

i thought in light of the immigration protests that this was interesting.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

A UN Select committee will now look into allegations that Iran’s nuclear program is engaged in building The Bomb and not merely producing energy. Apparently, the divine Muslim meals enjoyed by the Ayatollahs and their lackeys cannot be rendered esculent without employing at least 50 megatons (about 50 trillion BTU’s, give or take) of heat for their microwave ovens. Who elects UN bureaucrats to do this serious work is beyond me. Do these people understand the gravity of the situation, or do they need to have a clue sent to them before they realize that their failure can lead directly to Armageddon? It appears as if Ah’m-in-a-Jihad will choose a peaceful solution just after we see the sun elect to rise in the west. Once again, at the last moment, a feckless world and an impotent UN will set Uncle Sam on the problem, and complain all the while as our brave fighting forces solve it.

[xsmommy]

i have been following the Duke LAX team case and so far my gut reaction is that the there is something fishy about these accusations.

[Jaded]

So that's what be fruitful means....

[tioga]

-you are such a tease. ;)