Posted on 08/02/2007 4:24:18 AM PDT 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".
denouement \day-noo-MAWN\, noun
1. The final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work.
2. The outcome of a complex sequence of events.
Example sentences:
And perhaps this helps to explain the frequency of the violent denouement in contemporary novels: in the country that embraced the slogan "Today is the first day of the rest of your life," how do you call it quits on a character who is still breathing?
-- Brad Leithauser, "You Haven't Heard the Last of This", New York Times, August 30, 1998
Of course, the crusaders were losers in the short run, but Europe's storytellers have traditionally awarded them the righteous victory and not dwelt on the embarrassing denouement.
-- Todd Gitlin, The Twilight of Common Dreams
Etymology:
Denouement is from French, from Old French denoer, "to untie," from Latin de- + nodare, "to tie in a knot," from nodus, "a knot."
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!
Dang that’s good. I want one.
OMG, how funny. (slapping hands for typing that - they are owned by the local fire department after all)
I’ve been out of my parents for over twenty years and I still have stuff there. Every so often my mother will “remind” me that I only live fifteen minutes away and that I should really come get the stuff or at least let them know what can be thrown away, I tell her that I’m busy and will get to it later.
it is fun to rag on the Mountaineers. a Pitt football announcer had to resign after going on the PA system at a game in Pittsburgh against WVU where he said There is a tractor with it’s lights on in the parking lot, license plate # EIEIO. I LMAO every time i think of hearing that over a PA at a game!
$16 bucks includes shipping. Sweet, I’m ordering one.
-so why did he have to resign, that is dang funny. LOL
i have been instructed that although xsteen is leaving for college in Dallas at the end of the month, her room is to be left untouched, as if a shrine... xsbrownie has already said she is taking over that bathroom, since she currently shares a bathroom with xsboy. daily i get emails from xsbrownie with links to new shower curtains and bedspreads etc. as she plans her redecoration!
It'd be more fun to beat them, but Pitt just can't do that.
i am sending the link to xsboy and xshub they will LTAO too!
not currently, but it’s not like they haven’t in the past....
i guess i take it personally bc i can't swear there isn't some pic of me with cleavage in existence [not on the internet!!], and, like jeri, i am a lawyer and am taken seriously and would put my intellect and morals up against any single one of those shrews that deride her.
I just found that thread........deja vu...........same biddies same comments......”romney rocks” doncha know.
did you get my email with the template?
Good morning! A+ for you.
Cleavage looks GREAT on some women, not nearly as good on others and in any event doesn’t have anything to do with intellect.
Yep, I got it fine.
A+ for you!
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