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Word For The Day, Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - audacious
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Word of the Day ^ | 01/14/2009

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)


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To: Gabz

the link doesn’t work!! LOL!!


81 posted on 01/14/2009 9:37:35 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: Gabz

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!


82 posted on 01/14/2009 9:39:00 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I wonder what I did wrong, let me see if I can find it again because some of the pix are a hoot.


83 posted on 01/14/2009 9:41:45 AM PST by Gabz
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To: xsmommy
Let me try this again!

People who dress up their pooches could face prosecution, warns the RSPCA.

84 posted on 01/14/2009 9:45:55 AM PST by Gabz
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To: Gabz

i love the spider-pug!


85 posted on 01/14/2009 9:51:18 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I roared laughing at that one. first glance at the picture it was freaky because the legs were so well placed and perfect color.


86 posted on 01/14/2009 9:53:20 AM PST by Gabz
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To: Gabz
please don't lock my people up!


87 posted on 01/14/2009 9:54:48 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

How precious! she looks just like one of Jax’ Webkinz


88 posted on 01/14/2009 9:57:20 AM PST by Gabz
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To: xsmommy

Poor thing might be blown over if a strong draft comes its way. ;-)


89 posted on 01/14/2009 9:58:17 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: Gabz; SoothingDave
that is actually her "church coat" which no longer fits her, and she does have a bit more hair now that she is 2, but she still loves to be flush up against the fireplace for warmth and shivers in the cold.

Dave, she is far more likely to be carried off by Mr. Fox than to be blown away!

90 posted on 01/14/2009 10:04:37 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

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.


91 posted on 01/14/2009 10:09:33 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: xsmommy; SoothingDave

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.


92 posted on 01/14/2009 10:13:43 AM PST by Gabz
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To: SoothingDave

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!


93 posted on 01/14/2009 10:18:56 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: Gabz

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.


94 posted on 01/14/2009 10:23:04 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

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.


95 posted on 01/14/2009 10:25:21 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: Gabz; xsmommy

I looked for coats for my pups...would have bought them for the snow, but they were too expensive...and the spiderpub rocks.


96 posted on 01/14/2009 10:30:39 AM PST by tioga (Let us unite in prayer for our country.)
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To: xsmommy

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.


97 posted on 01/14/2009 10:31:42 AM PST by Gabz
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To: tioga

$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.


98 posted on 01/14/2009 10:33:20 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: tioga; xsmommy

That’s why I tend to have dogs who can weather acclimate, and also live in a more temperate climate...........


99 posted on 01/14/2009 10:33:51 AM PST by Gabz
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To: xsmommy

I will look when I go down that way tomorow!


100 posted on 01/14/2009 10:35:40 AM PST by tioga (Let us unite in prayer for our country.)
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