Posted on 03/11/2014 5:13:45 AM PDT by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, Tuesday March 11, 2014
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".
quinquennial [kwin-kwen-ee-uhl, kwing-]
-adj
1. of or lasting for five years.
2. occurring every five years.
-n
3. something that occurs every five years.
4. a fifth anniversary.
5. a five-year term in office.
6. a quinquennium.
[ 1425–75; late Middle English < Latin quīnquenni ( s ) of five years + -al1 ]
el retraso [reh-TRAHS-oh]
-n
delay
Hubo un retraso de dos horas en Chicago.
There was a two-hour delay in Chicago.
Was off line all day.....making up for it tonight.
I read somewhere that this is the TEA Party’s quinquennial. I think that it has more underground traction than we know.
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