Word

The >>Word of the Day<< today over at dictionary.com is >>oblation<<.

>>Oblation<< comes from the past participle form of the Latin verb* >>offerre<< meaning >>to bring<<.

So, an oblation is an offering or a gift.

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* A Latin verb is traditionally cited by giving four forms, in this case: offero, offerre, obtuli, oblatum.

The best way to discover new words is by reading a book.

on Mar 22nd 2001, 02:07:31, Natasha Jordan wrote the following about

word

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

»Let it be done to me according to thy word.«

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And how much courage.

Words are the best toys you can give your brain.

Which is more useful to you: a dictionary that tells you how to use a word or a dictionary that tells you how a word is used?

Rotor is a fine palindrome, thought Frank Leigh Dearie as he ambled down the Lost Highway.

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Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

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 – Horace (65-8 B.C.)
 – Epistles, bk. I, epistle xviii, l. 71

Have you ever noticed that the only difference between »word« and »weird« are the vowels?

In the beginning was the word, and the word was 32 bits.

The word on my mind right now is >>weekend<<. It's only a few hours away!

I can't wait to get away from this office!!

Without another word spoken on either side, the lodger took from his great trunk, a kind of temple, shining as of polished silver, and placed it carefully on the table.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

(John F. Kennedy)

A word after a word after a word is power.

(Margaret Atwood)

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

(Mark Twain)