Posted on 11/06/2006 4:22:29 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".
inveterate \in-VET-uhr-it\, adjective
1. Firmly established by long persistence; deep-rooted; of long standing.
2. Fixed in habit by long persistence; confirmed; habitual.
Example sentence:
I was an inveterate museum-goer from the age of fourteen, when I'd take the trolley to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts after school and wander the halls of Greek antiquities.
-- Jane Alexander, Command Performance
Etymology:
Inveterate is from the past participle of Latin inveterari, "to grow old, to endure," from in- + vetus, veter-, "old." It is related to veteran, "one who is long experienced in some activity or capacity; an old soldier of long service; one who has served in the armed forces." The noun form is inveteracy or inveterateness.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
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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
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As in.....slick willie is an inveterate liar.
LOL!!!!!
But what is he going to call all the folks in Maryland who vote for Steele? Will he call them racists because they didn't vote for the white cardboard cutout?
So is his wife. A for you.
It could be said that John Kerry and John Dean, like Dan Quail, have an inveterate disease. It's called "Foot and Mouth Disease".
Well, inveterate traditionalist that I am, it is breaking my heart to even contemplate leaving the Episcopal Church, but it seems that the church is going to hell in a handbasket.
SD
I am crossing my fingers that the split will come sooner rather than later and the liberal apostacists can have their empty buildings while the real Anglican church flourishes. Bishop Kay should speed the process right along. A for you.
That's why we have to vote, in large numbers. This is no time to sit on one's hands. A for you.
Libs want the U.S. in chains--they'd fetter it
They vote for dems, reflexively--inveterate
Left want U.N control
Of our heart, mind and soul
Righties love our land, seek to better it
Faith and morals must be first, always.
From your keyboard to God's ears.
Good Morning!
My inveterate tendency to check on messages, and especially the Word for the Day, has my coffee cup tapping its figurative dainty foot and saying "Well?" in that crystalline tone it likes to use.
Patience, my little goblet of refreshingness. My Word!
Good morning. Is Payton Manning an inveterate veteran Quarterback?
Invertebrate.
He drives me batty...........and his latest spew about "racists" in Tennessee will be the reason for a Ford defeat.........What about the racism in Maryland in the steele race? The only racism I'm seeing in Maryland in regard to Steele is ocmeing from WHITE DEMOCRATS.........
I can't wait for Wednesday to get here. Once I vote tomorrow morning I am going to hole up in the house with no TV, Radio or phone until after 8pm.
The inveterate reaction of the media to be opposite of whatever stance the Bush administration takes makes me think if Bush said "I want to wear a tutu," that they would come out and lecture Americans on the evil of ballet.
Go Steele Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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