Posted on 05/02/2013 4:41:48 AM PDT 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".
aleatory \EY-lee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, AL-ee-\ , adjective
1. of or pertaining to accidental causes; of luck or chance; unpredictable: an aleatory element.
2. Law. depending on a contingent event: an aleatory contract.
3. Music. employing the element of chance in the choice of tones, rests, durations, rhythms, dynamics, etc.
Example sentences:
...it was not a matter of reduction at all, but—perversely—of expansion, the aleatory flutter of uncontrolled, metastatic growth…
-- David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, 1996
[Man] is supposed to love happiness; it is my contention that he rather loves excitement. Danger, enterprise, hope, the novel, the aleatory, are dearer to man than regular meals.
-- Robert Louis Stevenson, The Day After To-morrow, 1866
Etymology:
Hailing from the Latin word meaning "the dice" or "chance" alea, aleatory first surfaced in English in the late seventeenth century.
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!
Damn - that truly is awesome. I’m more of a band-wagon jumper than a true hockey fan, but still - who can’t appreciate that clip? Plus, what ISN’T made better by adding The Who???
yeah i figuered you for a bandwagoneer, but what the heck! hockey is great! and yes the Who made that clip!!
It’s absolutely beautiful here. We’re on a streak of sunny days in the 70s with no rain the likes of which are very rare indeed in these parts. There might be some rain Monday.
Psst...Benghazi...A+ for you, let the chickens come home to roost.
Thank you!
And with some Benghazi witnesses/survivors emerging after lawyering up, I hope there are enough perches for those chickens.
It rained here last night, ahead of the cold front, but we can always use 5-6 inches more of slow steady rain, since last year was so dry.
We’re supposed to get more rain all weekend. I’d be happy to send you all of it.
eh, he’s a bit too pretty for my taste. He’s no Gingeroux ; )
I wish that were possible-I’d love it...
Titus and Midget girl have been asleep beside me on this chair for nearly an hour, with him digging his claws into my jeans every time I move. The Midget is tucked against his long, orange fur, and he is okay with that. What a difference-not so long ago he was stalking her so obsessively that she stayed hidden most of the day...
The guy is too pretty-I like them rougher and older-the dog is a darling, though.
How are your doggies, by the way?
oh they are good. jules turned 2 last week, he’s still my baby boy. Chan has become a crotchety old woman who will tear him a new one for just looking at her chewy. She will be sitting there with a low growl going, wagging her tail and looking in his direction, while he’s half a room away from her not even looking at her or her chewy. but she knows he’s thinking about it....
...very cool.
That is funny-they have it all figured out in their own language, I guess. Titus will hiss at Midget girl if she looks at a toy he is about to play with, but if he bats it in her direction and she chases it back to him, he will play with her like nothing ever happened. Or he will let her use his fur for a body warmer, like right now...
Where did you find that?
I just got my iPhone set up. No more Blackberry.
Saw it on twitter and thought it was pretty cool. It’s titled three river..blah blah blah
I still have an android. basic cheap one at that.
My wife and daughter have Android phones. This is my work phone.
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