Posted on 08/22/2013 4:22:19 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".
coaptation \koh-ap-TEY-shuhn\, noun
a joining or adjustment of parts to one another: the coaptation of a broken bone.
Example sentences:
...though nothing be declared thereby of the structure and coaptation of the spring, wheels, balance, etc. and the manner how they act on one another so as to make the needle point out the true time of day.
-- Aldous Huxley, Complete Essays, Vol. 4, 1936-1938
Harding approved entirely, and it was decided that the two wounds should be dressed without attempting to close them by immediate coaptation.
-- Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island, 1874
Etymology:
Coaptation stems from the Latin word coaptātiō which meant "a precise joining together."
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!
A for you.
“Can’t we all just coaptate?”
Is there any hope left for our world? I told my daughter last night that I am so fed up with the daily assaults on morals and decency. I said they hit you with it over and over, tell you that you have to tolerate it, until it becomes commonplace and you’re regarded as a bigot or freak for thinking some things are just wrong. A+ for you, now I’m going to listen to Mandisa again.
So it was a plan to get free surgery. Sad. A+ for you.
Babylon, all around us. A+ for you.
Love it!
yes, they do show these tiffany style lamps for pool tables, card tables etc. I never would have thought i would go for something like this but it's really speaking to me ; )
that is precisely what is going on and it is just demoralizing and debilitating.
Thats pretty.
I have individual haning lights in a line, three over the counter, and three over the halfwall.
Hopefully nothing happens to them because like the cobalt tile I used in the Bathroom, at the old house, they stopped making this particular one.
The other one is nicer. Just my opinion.
yes, i said i liked the other one better.
that sounds nice, very HGTVish ; )
I just have to shake my head
Every time I chance to hear
Some space cadet opining
A happy coaptation is near
The lithium-voiced assurances
That all can mend their ways
If we just embrace insanity,
From terrorists to “gays”
I’ve said these delusional ones
Might re-direct their thinking
By setting down both that bong
And the koolaid they’re drinking...
I like the first one, but that is just me.
It should go with your mission style furniture. Is that what your kitchen table is?
like i said, me too. but i do want to go to some lighting places this weekend and see if i can see this stuff in the flesh so to speak. Hard to really tell what it looks like, though i do love how it looks in the pic.
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