Posted on 08/29/2011 5:09:54 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 8/29/11
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".
ambagious;adj
Circuitous, rambling, garbled, misleading. "Myna Bird gave such an ambagious speech at the conference that no one could think of a question to ask her when it concluded." Unlike ambiguous, which refers to vagueness and multiple interpretations, ambagious refers to twisting and winding in speech: "I think that anyone willing to navigate the ambagious language of the document could find a useful insight or two buried in it."
Etymology: The noun underlying today's Good Word is a back-formation from Middle English ambages "equivocation", the feminine singular Latin ambages "evasion, digression". The Latin word came from the same source as ambiguus "ambiguous", a combination of the prefix ambi-, "both, about, around" + agere "to move, drive". Ambi- also appears in ambidextrous, originally "both-right-handed". The root of agere can be found in a plethora of words borrowed from Latin, including agent, act, and agile.
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....
excelente! A++++
I couldn’t decide if he was being clever or stupid. Such a fine line, as they say.
Not at all. She’s very sweet, but demanding. “Please do those over, Kim. You are a far better artist and much more creative than these renderings show.” I wouldn’t have lasted 5 minutes in her class, mainly because I lack creativity. Pure left brain.
as you wobble back and forth across it yourself... : )
An Ivy League labor professor?
That’s three strikes against him right there.
Steelers backup QB Leftwich broke his arm Saturday night. That’s the 2nd year in a row he has busted himself up in preseason.
well that sounds like a perfect combo then!
I knew it the moment after I hit sent, and since then I've awaited the correction LOL.
that one was stupid on my part.
my $ was on soother not being able to help himself and blurting it out.
You must have seen my highschool yearbook, I was voted "most likely to be"
that was unfortunate.
Without getting overly wordy and circuitous in the description, wearing a light tan attire today I am beigeous....
In a sense - Yes. Theatre Design - Costume design and construction, makeup, Costume history, Graphic Communication and Theatre intro. Lord help you if you stage a production set in the 1680’s with 18th century costumes.
and you look FIERCE!! ; ) A+++
This might sound a little kooky but here it goes:
These same clowns have and their ilk have been crying about overpopulation since the days of Plato. Now they are about to do something about it, by making the price of fuel and food “necessarily skyrocket”. Our food and energy will be rationed via ever increasing prices causing, especially in the third world, starvation and death until they get the global population down by 80% at least.
we love you precisely BECAUSE of your stylish tinfoil chapeau ; )
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.