;Posted on 06/30/2014 5:09:10 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 6/3/14
;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".
rident; adj. laughing; smiling; cheerful.
He flashed her a smile, but she didn't miss the fact that this rident expression did nothing to alter the bleakness in his eyes.
-- Elizabeth George, Deception on His Mind , 1997
Hetty was radiant and rident . It was quite like an evening at home at Oakhurst. Never for months past, never since that fatal cruel day, that no one spoke of, had they spent an evening so delightful.
-- William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians , 1857–1859
Origin:
Rident came to English in the early 1600s from the Latin rīdēre meaning "to laugh."
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
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....
Here is my example with WFTD.
I am pining for the day when Trey Gowdy makes Lois Lerner's rident expression turn into a rictus. No pushing at the door please!
AM holiday week traffic is a DELIGHT.
didn’t oseidon carry a rident?
Beautiful!!
my brother has ridential insurance
geez! three times in the top ten? where’s everybody?
The media and the politicians in DC are often quite rident in their assessment of America as a whole, but those of us paying attention don’t see through such rose-colored glasses; a storm is brewing.
The country will be in a rident mood if we ever get rid of this president.
How is it that when a rident photo of a person with family will always result in someone else not pointing out that cheerful smile, but instead the prodigious belly?
orrect! A+++
uranoddball ; )
holiday week vacas.
they have to be delusional A+++
oh what a joyous day that will be. A+++
no bellies here.
Hillary, who’s wealthy but strident
Fakes poverty, fakes being rident
Her actions seem odd
‘cause she thinks she’s a god
Cruel and vengeful, she sharpens her trident
i saw what you did #11
lucky you, but i’ll take a threeday
Lots of spots in the good parking lot this morning. I have two more days to come in and then I’m off till the 14th.
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