Posted on 05/31/2006 6:08:11 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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".
pellucid • \puh-LOO-sid\ • adjective
1. admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion *
2. reflecting light evenly from all surfaces
3. easy to understand
* Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
Example sentence:
The coastal waters were clean and pellucid, allowing us to easily identify the marine life on the ocean floor.
Did you know?
"Pellucid" ultimately derives from the Latin "lucçre" ("to shine"), which in turn contains the root "luc-" ("light"). "Pellucid" is formed from "per" ("through") plus "lucidus" ("lucid, clear"). "Pellucid" has many shining relatives in English. Among the offspring of "lucçre" are "translucent" (essentially, "clear enough to allow light to pass through"), "elucidate" ("to make clear, explain"), "lucent" ("luminous" or "clear"), and of course "lucid" itself (which can mean "shining," "mentally sound," or "easily understood"). Another related word is "Lucifer" (literally, "light-bearer"). Other relatives—such as "lackluster" ("lacking brightness"), "illustrate" (originally, "to make bright"), and "lustrous" ("shining" or "radiant")—trace from the related verb "lustrare" ("to brighten"). Clearly, "pellucid" is just one of a family of brilliant terms.
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 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
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)
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Read the first article about gastric paresis in Google. It's got to be painful, too. But the last sentence in the article is this: "Research is promising and new treatments may be just beyond the horizon."
Keep your chin up!!!
beyond the horizon doesn't mean a thing. the s tomach pacemaker seems like our best bet, but I don't kmow who does that, if it's covered, etc.
this is her fourth hospitalization in two months. somethings gotta change.
Oooh, das purty.
Mrs. F & I are big fans of Tiffany glass lamps (I know that's not one, but it's along the same lines).
Mr. Liberty and I are fans of Tiffany lamps, too. We have a dragon fly one and a few others.
Few people know that "Juan Valdez" is actually the real-life brother of actor Ricardo Montalban....
13 posted on 05/31/2006 9:19:14 AM PDT by Al Simmons
NOTHING compares to Colombian coffee, NOTHING! and the colombian coffee in the US is nothing compared to the coffee there!
Good morning Slippy.
lots opf useful stuff there, thanx SLippee...
Is Fox News running alerts about an atty in Bham who was abducted at gunpoint this morning? I see it's on their website. Happened this morning a few blocks from my office.
i haven't been anywhere near a media outlet. what happened? disgruntled client?
Not sure what happened, other than she was abducted at gunpoint, and they haven't found her or the SUV yet.
Yikes! Just checked the Fox website, and Bham cops now have a green-gray Lexus SUV surrounded in a public housing parking lot. Her ATM has been used at 3 different AmSouth banks today.
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