Posted on 01/14/2009 5:52:31 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".
audacious • \aw-DAY-shus\ • adjective
1. daring, bold
2. insolent
3. marked by originality and verve *
* Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
Example sentence:
The band has been making original and creative music for well over ten years, but their latest album is by far their most audacious to date.
Did you know?
Shakespeare used "audacious" seven times in his plays. That in itself wasn't exactly an act of bold originality. The word, which comes from the Latin root "audac-" ("bold"), had been around for decades. But the Bard was the first to use "audacious" in its "insolent" sense ("Obey, audacious traitor; kneel for grace," Henry VI Part 2), and he may have been the first to use the adverb "audaciously." "Audacious" itself was something of an innovation in the 16th century: it was one of the earliest "-acious" words in English. Subsequently, we've added lots of "-acious" adjectives to our lexicon, including "pugnacious," "loquacious," "voracious," and even, in the 19th century, "bodacious" (which is most likely a combination of "bold" and "audacious").
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)
the link doesn’t work!! LOL!!
and yes, i would be in jail were they to prosecute for this, bc shanel is wearing a coat at home, even as we speak! she shivers outside in this cold without it! i don’t let the kids put the hood up on her parka though, bc i consider that cruel and unusual!
I wonder what I did wrong, let me see if I can find it again because some of the pix are a hoot.
People who dress up their pooches could face prosecution, warns the RSPCA.
i love the spider-pug!
I roared laughing at that one. first glance at the picture it was freaky because the legs were so well placed and perfect color.
How precious! she looks just like one of Jax’ Webkinz
Poor thing might be blown over if a strong draft comes its way. ;-)
Dave, she is far more likely to be carried off by Mr. Fox than to be blown away!
The old cat lies in the bathroom right in front of where the furnace emits warm air. The new cat is becoming a lap cat when it isn’t a ball of maniac frenzy.
I’d shiver in the cold if I was that little, too.
Even the smallest of my kittens has more meat on her than that little baby of yours.
Our former demon dog, Darby the Jack Russell, loved the fireplace also, but he would gaze into the flames, remembering his former home in Hades! chanel has her back to the fireplace and is just there for the warmth!
i will have to try to upload some pix of her with her “big girl” hair. she has a full skirt of hair coming down from her butt, just like Loosh does, with the typical cavalier-look to her. i have to get rid of the poinsettias, i just figured out that’s where the diarrhea is coming from. she must be finding/eating a stray dropped leaf.
did the old cat used to be a lapcat? do they grow out of it? i don’t recall loosh ever being up in my lap, he’d rather be right up against me on the couch. But chanel hops right up in my lap when i am in my stitching chair. Mostly she is content to lay there while i stitch, but occasionally she will lay her head back right on what i am stitching and look up at me to say PAY ATTENTION TO ME.
I looked for coats for my pups...would have bought them for the snow, but they were too expensive...and the spiderpub rocks.
sounds like a good idea.
I love poinsettias, but as with all other types of house plants, they die upon entrance into my home..........I have more than just a black thumb when it comes to house plants. Trying to convince people of that sometimes takes more effort than it is worth. Especially the folks at church, almost every time there are plants, as opposed to cut flowers, on the altar someone tries to give them to me -—”But you do so much gardening” is the standard whine when I thnak them but decline the offer.
$10 for cute coats at walmart. i saw them yesterday! there was an adorable bright pink with white polka dots and some fur around the collar.
That’s why I tend to have dogs who can weather acclimate, and also live in a more temperate climate...........
I will look when I go down that way tomorow!
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