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Word For The Day, Friday, 9/20/02
The Verbivores
| 9/20/02
| Teacher
Posted on 09/20/2002 5:03:43 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of 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....
dilettante \DIL-uh-tahnt; dil-uh-TAHNT; dil-uh-TAHN-tee; -TANT; TAN-tee\, noun; :
dilettantes, also dilettanti \-TAHN-tee; -TAN-\; plural
dilettante, dilettantish; adjective
dilettantism; noun
1. An admirer or lover of the fine arts.
2. An amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge sporadically, superficially, or for amusement only.
3. Of or characteristic of a dilettante; amateurish
4. An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.
At first his colleagues tended to dismiss this witty young dilettante poet as a scientific lightweight, even if he was an agreeable addition to their dinner table.
--"Dr Alex Comfort," Times (London), March 28, 2000
Etymology: Italian, from present participle of dilettare to delight, from Latin dilectare. Date: 1748
TOPICS: Education; Humor; Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: 92002; friday; michaeldobbs; students; wordfortheday
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To: xsmommy
To: lds23
Whooo Hoo! Is time alternately flying and dragging?
A+
To: xsmommy
LOL, tattletale!
To: maxwell
You think if I go for a smoke break they'll forget about it by the time I come back?Highly Doubtful. ;-)
To: white rose
Democrats give me a pain.
A+
To: dubyaismypresident
To: RikaStrom
Thank you... I thought I had been ostracized, as well as ossified.
8-)
To: maxwell
Good Boy Maxie, Good Boy.
To: xsmommy
Yeah... right.
To: TheGrimReaper; RikaStrom
hey, she didn't say you were off the hook!!!
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posted on
09/20/2002 10:19:42 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: RikaStrom
i BEG your pardon!!!!!; )
171
posted on
09/20/2002 10:20:10 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: RikaStrom
One day, I had to start WFTD at 1am (my time), becasue I was up sick, and I knew that if I fell asleep, that I would never be able to get up with enough time to post it. That day, it got to 400+ replies.
To: RikaStrom
The last couple of weeks have flown by. I do go through moments of complete calm from time to time, but they are fewer and farther between.
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posted on
09/20/2002 10:21:00 AM PDT
by
lds23
To: TheGrimReaper
Now that I have the real job, I only get to post periodically. :-)
To: xsmommy
ROFLOL!
To: Bella_Bru
Gack! That's dedication!
To: RikaStrom
It is obvious that
these people are dilettantes of film, among other things.........
To: RikaStrom
[wagging tail furiously] Tummy rub???
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posted on
09/20/2002 10:23:16 AM PDT
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maxwell
To: RikaStrom
That's why I detest "real jobs".
To: SeaDragon; CholeraJoe; maxwell
that thread is screaming out for CJ, who alas, still is on the other side of the pond....
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posted on
09/20/2002 10:27:40 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
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