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A. Word. A. Day -- trichotillomania Home Jul 10, 2000 This week's theme Words to drop into conversations with a therapist This week's words trichotillomania cathexis arctophile symbiosis nisus acedia thanatophobia Previous week’s theme Unusual, esoteric, preposterous words A Word A Day with Anu Garg Do you have trouble verbalizing yourself to your psychologist? Do you find
A. Word. A. Day -- Words From Archives Home Today's Word Yesterday's Word Archives FAQ A Word A Day--interrex Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio interrex (IN-tuhr-reks) noun, plural interreges (in-tuhr-REE-jeez) A person holding supreme authority in a state during an interregnum (the interval of time between the end of a sovereign's reign and the accession of a successor) [From Latin, inter- between + rex, king ] "The consuls, too
A. Word. A. Day --perfidious “According to Barnum’s version of events, he was ruined by a perfidious business partner, who tricked him into endorsing half a million dollars’ worth of promissory notes ” Elizabeth Kolbert; You Can’t Make It Up; The New Yorker; Aug 5, 2019 See more usage examples of perfidious in Vocabulary com’s dictionary
A. Word. A. Day --red-blooded “America is not just the land of red-blooded capitalism It has an esoteric tradition of capitalist altruism, too Take Trader Joe’s, an own-label grocery chain like M S in Britain It somehow retains a local-community feel, like an indoor farmers’ market with good prices and wonderful staff, despite having 549 stores Whole Foods Market, a 530-store Mecca for well-heeled health nuts and
A. Word. A. Day -- Words From Archives Home Today's Word Yesterday's Word Archives FAQ A Word A Day--paranymph Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio paranymph (PAR-uh-nimf) noun 1 A groomsman or a bridesmaid 2 In ancient Greece, a friend who accompanied the bridegroom when he went to bring home the bride, or the bridesmaid who escorted the bride to the bridegroom [From Late Latin paranymphus, from Greek paranymphos (masculine and
A. Word. A. Day --exoteric “Ancient commentators distinguish between [Aristotle’s] esoteric and exoteric writings -- the former were highly technical pieces, written for use within the school, and the latter well-crafted pieces for public consumption ” Jeremy Stangroom James Garvey; The Great Philosophers; Arcturus; 2015
A. Word. A. Day -- accismus - Wordsmith A Word A Day--accismus There is a Word for it With the largest vocabulary of any language, in English we have a word to describe almost everything And when we can't find one, we're happy to borrow from another language (from German: schadenfreude, pleasure at others' misfortune), or just make one up (petrichor, the pleasant smell of rain after a dry spell) Having said that, let's not gloat
A. Word. A. Day --hierophant noun: 1 An interpreter of sacred mysteries or esoteric knowledge 2 One who explains or provides commentary on complex or obscure topics
A. Word. A. Day -- proceleusmatic - Wordsmith A Word A Day--proceleusmatic Once in a while delivery of this newsletter is delayed and messages complaining of withdrawal symptoms pour into my mailbox "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind," as British writer Rudyard Kipling said That might help explain why some of us get so hooked on them As time passes, we experience symptoms of mithridatism, the condition of