Posted on 02/28/2013 4:50:56 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".
paraph \PAR-uhf\, noun
a flourish made after a signature, as in a document, originally as a precaution against forgery.
Example sentences:
The manuscript's most tantalizing feature is a scribal paraph with the initials IB at the end of Certain sonnets...
-- H. R. Woudhuysen, Sir Philip Sidney and the Circulation of Manuscriptsa
His worried expression, however, was not just a mask for the moment. Of late, it had become his most distinctive feature, his peculiar paraph.
-- Ken Anderson, The Statue Of Pan
The paraph is only a schematic and marginal countersignature, a fragment of signature; indeed, who can claim to decipher a whole signature?
-- Jacques Derrida, Mémoires
Etymology:
Though early incarnations of paraph appear in Italian, Middle French, and Middle English, its earliest origins are Greek with para-meaning "beside" and the final -ph resulting from graphos, referring to text.root alloquī address."
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
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!
If there is a ping list for WordForTheDay, I would love to be added :)
Thanks much, and may God bless,
Tatt
That sucks, but thank heaven he will be able to get home to have it fixed of instead of having to stay in an unfamiliar place.
I added you to mine.
I think I missed the last new student, so if you know who that is, let me know.
Probably get a free drink on the airplane with that tale, too. ;-)
It had better be one hell of a special drink for that misfortune...
They can talk about Woodward’s dotage all they want but their ignorant VP is older than him and they are still pushing the elderly hillary for 2016. No one is fooled. A+ for you.
I hope he has some relief and a nice Rx to assist in that before he gets home. Prayers will continue until things are back to normal.
Oh, yeah-that vid with “Let the Bodies Hit the Floor” has put me in the mood for some angry heavy metal noise-I can’t trash my hearing after having listened to that sort of stuff since my teens...
Oh, yeah-that vid with “Let the Bodies Hit the Floor” has put me in the mood for some angry heavy metal noise-I can’t trash my hearing after having listened to that sort of stuff since my teens...
Have you looked to see if your county offers any sort of free or low cost clinic? I passed by a building for a few years before I learned it was that sort of clinic. It does take insurance if you have it and wanted to go there, but otherwise they charge on a sliding scale. I’m sure not everyplace offers that service but you might find it locally.
It is horrible to feel so helpless with your husband so far away.
Thank you! Biden has apparently always been a loose cannon, and we all know how Hillary has always been forgetful-especially when her husband was in the WH. Age and stupidity do not even go together-it is a contradiction...
That’s the one. Thanks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgNdgXXqvL4
Try this. Might be too melodic, but it is driving and intense.
De nada.
Thanks much :)
LOL yeah, yeah. I spent $30 on myself! wow. exciting, huh? got an Ogia bag for my EMS gear. woo-woo. I can keep my keys, stethoscope, protocols, spare set of glasses and some cash in it. I spent the extra $5 to get it embroidered. Yeah, I was reckless.
Hysterical.
I sent you my latest list. The newest one I added was the one right before this one.
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