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.
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!
The teen is now banded. And he hates it already.
We aim to please! A for you!
Well, good morning (or afternoon for you), SG. Is today Thursday already?
No, I'm subbing today. Did I get your hopes up that the week was almost over?
Yes, but does your kitchen crockery talk to you?
No, but maybe because I only drink tea?
And, yes, Miss Garden, I copied Gabz, but I did read the article.
I don't blame him in the least..............I hated mine before they even went on.
And hated them even more when I wound up wearing them for 3 years, even though it was only supposed to be fo 18 months. They were removed 2 weeks after my graduation pictures were taken....I came very close to strangling the orthodontist when he said "Oh you should have told me, we could have taken them off." The SOB knew when my pictures were being taken and had told me to try and change the picture date. bustard.
Very, very good, OldFriend!
Yaaayyyyyy!
I was thinking of the word "vet," but couldn't fit it in. You in your inveterate way of thinking did it!
I'm inclined to think it's neither the coffee nor the cup.
Good thing I don't have any whine glasses.
Wow, Vastie!
Did he have a vibrator?
The teen will thank you later in life.
What a waste of paper.
Now I know why our inveterate postman takes a couple of weeks off before elections. He's probably gotten a bad back from carry all the "literature" around.
But in AZ, we must show a photo ID. I'm all for that.
Kerry’s inveterate, anti-military invective belies his Viet Nam Veteran views!
Ain't that the truth!
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(Robt pats himself on the back fer being a verbarate (verbagreat ?) genius.
Invertebrate vegetarian. In other words, a slug. LOL!
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