Posted on 01/17/2007 7:23:54 AM PST 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".
consanguineous • \kahn-san-GWIN-ee-us\ • adjective
of the same blood or origin; specifically, descended from the same ancestor
Example sentence:
Brent hadn't believed that the man who claimed to be his long-lost cousin was telling the truth, but the documents proved that the two men were consanguineous.
Did you know?
"Consanguineous" is part of a family of "blood" relatives that all descend from the Latin noun "sanguis," meaning "blood." Some of these relatives are found on the literal branch of the family tree, as "exsanguination," a term for the draining or removal of blood. Others are on the figurative side of the family, such as "sanguine," a word that can mean "bloodred" or "ruddy" but that is more often used with the meaning "cheerful" or "optimistic." There is also "sangfroid," a French word (literally meaning "cold blood") that was borrowed into English to refer to self-control under stress. "Consanguineous" relies on the "kinship" sense of "blood," bringing together "sanguis" with the Latin prefix "con-," meaning "with," to form a word used to describe two or more organisms that descend from the same ancestor.
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)
basically i didn't see the attraction with it, it seems very staged or something to me. half the contestants looked like put-ons. i am stitching while this stuff is on so it never matters, i am generally not looking at the screen. she was happy bc she was able to chat with her school friends about it today. it conflicts with Mr. O, whom i do admit to enjoy watching, weird as that is.
did i tell ever tell you that according to Mary Liz, all kids are required to take irish dance over in ireland? poor ML, xsteen and her friends rag on ireland ALL day long, luckily she is so good natured about it.
Yes, they require it as part of PE. My daughter loves it and I could listen to the music all day and night and never get tired of it (unlike Nickelback...).
who dances to nickelback??
I'm certain the proxmity of the hot tub and a glass of consangriawithus had notong (er, nothing) to do with your intense feelings of warm cheer, but the dent seems concerned.
He really would like to check you over 9er, out) as soon as you're comfortable in your reclining bench (er, chair.)
Just as soon as Xena gets up however.
Who can even sing with them?
Robert, I have a math question for you.
6!
Oh....
Was I supposed to wait for the question? 8<)
You're goofy! Smart, but goofy.
Oh the first few weeks stink XS - I mean beyond stink they are horrible. They rarely show anyone with talent, it is all the poor deluded idiots
YOUR daughter rags on something all day long? Where ever did she learn that? ;^)
My wife and sister
Is a fine woman and we're
consanguineous
er ...
(Robt starts to answer the question. Xena (wisely) throttles him while the dent sits on him. Robt wishes it were the other way around.)
You wish you were sitting on theD?
I wondered if the Czarina's perversity was the result of some consanguineous horseplay. The European nobility was pretty inbred. Her husband Peter was a total dork. In fact, it is known he didn't even father her child.
so a kind of european version of sig's pic in 113....?
Other than the placement of an s in front of the male pronoun, I can't see that it would make any difference. ;)
Too much info... ewwwww!
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