Posted on 01/29/2009 4:23:25 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".
cynosure • \SYE-nuh-shur\ • noun
1 : the northern constellation Ursa Minor; also : North Star
2 : one that serves to direct or guide
3 : a center of attraction or attention
Example sentence:
The young actress's natural beauty and graceful charm made her a cynosure wherever she went.
Etymology:
Ancient mariners noted that all the stars in the heavens seem to revolve around a particular star, and they relied on it to guide their navigation. The constellation that this bright star appears in is known to English speakers today as Ursa Minor, or the Little Dipper, but the Ancient Greeks called it Kynosoura, a term that comes from a phrase meaning "dog's tail." "Kynosoura" passed into Latin and Middle French, becoming "cynosure." When English speakers adopted the term in the mid-16th century, they used it as a name for the constellation and the star (which is also known as the North Star) and also to identify a guide of any kind. By the early 17th century, "cynosure" was also being used figuratively for anything or anyone that, like the North Star, was the focus of attention or observation.
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!
i don’t know, then there’s nothing to look forward to. your next sacrament is matrimony or holy orders, or God forbid, Extreme Unction.
Good point, A for you. Your old player JP Dumont, who has been in a horrific slump since getting hit by Vancouver’s Burrows in December, finally broke free in our game against them last night. He looked like our old JP, not the timid player he was all last month, and scored a beauty of a goal. BTW, Burrows was chirping at Tootoo but as soon as he threw off a glove, Burrows took off in the other direction.
that’s funny, given all those traditionalists you have in your diocese up there, LOL!! i know we have been to Mass in upstate NY and heard those types of changes as well as having laypeople give the homily [you recall that story at the ROCK AND ROLL MASS in rochester]
At our school, we were all confirmed in 6th grade.
the traditional congregation would be more likely to make the diff than the historic district. Joe Biden received communion at Holy Trinity in Georgetown, a historic church, last sunday. not at all surprising either.
Your next sacrament is communion every Sunday. That should be the focus.
obviously. but it is kids we are talking about and having a goal at the end of the elementary years makes sense to me, helping to KEEP them focused.
LOL!
A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him toward the left.
Even when the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool.
I read that the other day and I thought of Joe's litany of foolish remarks....from "stand up Chuck" to dissing the Chief Justice.......I was laughing at that......there is so much wisdom in the Bible.
They still have Kennywood. ;-)
and your’s is open! ; )
Caught ya lookin’
touche : )
Yeah, I noted the Preds won last nite. Hopefully, they’ll have a better second half of the season...
Buffalo was at Calgary yesterday and was even @ 2 at the end of the second pd, but got smoked by the Flames in the 3rd losing 5-2. Two more games out west & then back home.
where is yorkville, OH? gotta be near the burgh, bc i heard this guy [WF coach] last night on the Duke-WF game, say ONE SENTENCE and i said, that jagoff is a pixburgher. He said something about BOCKSIN AHT the shooter DAHN HERE and i said OMG, he’s a burgher, he gots to be!
Not worth getting all worked up about.
does discomfit connote worked up? because i am not. i just wish they weren’t into the obams.
By Stuebenville, practically in West Virginia. So ya, he’s a yinzer
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