Posted on 09/03/2012 5:50:50 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 9/3/12
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".
bereft; adj.
1.a simple past tense and past participle of bereave. verb (used with object), be·reaved or be·reft, be·reav·ing. 1. to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of ): Illness bereaved them of their mother. 2. to deprive ruthlessly or by force (usually followed by of ): The war bereaved them of their home. 3. Obsolete . to take away by violence2. deprived: They are bereft of their senses. He is bereft of all happiness. Example Sentences
It is a performance wholly bereft of complexity of character.
All this makes for a messy, unbalanced account of violent acts too often bereft of their political and ideological context.
Increasingly, children are bereft of any contact with their fathers
Etymology: Origin: before 900; Middle English bereven, Old English berēafian; cognate with Dutch berooven, German berauben, Gothic biraubōn. See be-, reave1
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Bereft
A special announcement found on page 1:
Labor Day is a big deal here for the Atkinsonville Cosmic Wind and News. The newspaper is sponsering free tours at the Waste Treatment Facility (see we know big words too but for the droolers that had too much Dr. Bobb’s Special Home Remedy in their grits....well save the bag from your lunch...you may need it during the tour).
So be on time or bereft behind cause we bereaving at noon sharp. Bring your own coffee cans for free samples.
This is Houston men’s fashion??? Xsbro not likely to look stylish! But I’m
Betting Grimmy looks HOTT in that !! LOL!
Hilarious! A++++
Wow. $35mill mansion. Hardly Alcatraz.
I can see why you would laugh at the guy. Black shoes? He definitely should have borrowed a pair of Ronald McDonald’s big red shoes.
Does no one have any sense of fashion anymore?
It was truly sad and hysterical at the same time. I thought at first it was some way of punishing the male model
Poor guy, what do these people really think the regular people of the world wear? Sheesh.
BTW, I found a hair place that did a cut/color (2-color highlight foils) for $100. I’m overjoyed!! LOL
Sea keeps saying that we pay too much for cut/color in Houston, but this was an awesome find.
My empty chair is out in the middle of my front lawn. It’s raining lightly so it’s one of my patio chairs. Is anyone else doing this today?
No joke. I feel sorry for the people in HI having to put up with them, but if they wanted a water view, no neighbors, and an island home.... I’m still going with they need to be in Alcatraz. :-)
How are you Ti? All well with your crew?
Well my blackberry finally died and my husband surprised me with a new iphone for our anniversary. I’m having fun learning all the things this technology brings
Nice - I stumbled into a salon recently and they were not busy so I impulsively had a cut - really liked the stylist and it turns out she used to live in the very town we lived in.... small world
A++++ Jason Biggs is a misogynist
I pay more than twice that , that’s quite a deal!
What a nice gift! Happy anniversary!
True, it’s a very small world. I always like to hear stories like that, you just never know when you are going to run into someone that you may have lived 3 streets down from, in another location.
This place is 10 minutes from my house, I didn’t even know it existed. :-)
We are good. Fall is here early. One tree has lost all it’s leaves already. Odd. Still swimming though.
I was so happy to find them. My stylist moved to Austin, and I am not driving to Austin to get my hair done. I was sort of desperate and it had been 5 months, so I was in need. I’m really impressed, it was clean, professional, they knew what to do and I walked out really happy with the color, the shaping (5 months ugh).
LOL, the things we fret about. :-)
I want fall... It was 100 degrees on Friday. :-)
I’m bereft without seasons, but I absolutely love no snow.
Oh, yeah. My empty chair is a cheap white plastic one. Stuck it right in the middle of the lawn. Obvious. I will be surprised if any of my neighbors even notice or know what it’s there for.
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