Posted on 04/09/2015 5:15:23 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Thursday, April 9, 2015-- cachet
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".
cachet [ka-shey, kash-ey; French ka-she]
plural cachets [ka-sheyz, kash-eyz; French ka-she] hear it pronounced
noun
1. an official seal, as on a letter or document.
2. a distinguishing mark or feature; stamp: Courtesy is the cachet of good breeding.
3. a sign or expression of approval, especially from a person who has a great deal of prestige.
4. superior status; prestige: The job has a certain cachet.
5. Pharmacology. a hollow wafer for enclosing an ill-tasting medicine.
6. Philately. a firm name, slogan, or design stamped or printed on an envelope or folded letter.
Origin: 1630-40; < French: literally, something compressed to a small size, equivalent to cache cache + -et -et
Word Origin and History for cachet n.
1630s, Scottish borrowing of French cachet "seal affixed to a letter or document" (16c.), from Old French dialectal cacher "to press, crowd," from Latin coactare "constrain" (see cache). Meaning evolving through "(letter under) personal stamp (of the king)" to "prestige." Cf. French lettre de cachet "letter under seal of the king."
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.
Homework is due!
We'll see who is the new Hand of the King on Sunday.
FreeRepublic signup dates have a certain cachet: either indicative of a troll, or as a cudgel to shut down debate.
Shut up, newbie! ;-)
Obama says the deal with Iran is a good one, which gives MY opinion a certain cache.
I love apple products but I prefer the cachet of my chopard watch to that of an applewatch! xshub’s IT geek has had an apple watch from the get-go, not sure how he gets this stuff before it’s released but he does!
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Interesting that he gets the Apple products early. I’d like an iPad 72 when he gets a chance. Just teleport it over.
What, I don’t get credit for showing you a cachet?
he likes me better’n you. #teacherspet ; )
An honest, Constitutional reading of most of Obama’s policies and executive orders would render them null and void. Not to mention Obamacare. I wonder how the Supremes are going to say that “subsidies are available for those enrolled in State exchanges” actually means “subsidies are available for those enrolled in State or Federal exchanges.”
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Sorry, Dave, I missed it when we were discussing the cachet of being a veteran Freeper vs. a newbie. Yours is a perfect example of a cachet.
Well I did get it from Obama.
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