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* WORD A DAY *
Thursday, June 14, 2007
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WORD: naif nah-EEF (adjective)
: A naive or inexperienced person.
SYNONYMS: * naive
* guileless
* simple
WORD WISE: Naif comes from French, from Old French naif,
"naive, natural, just born," from Latin nativus, "native,
rustic," literally "born, inborn, natural," from Latin
nativus, "inborn, produced by birth," from natus, past
participle of nasci, "to be born."
QUOTE: "Their money-grubbing game: they feign a tragic
past and prey on the sympathies of unsuspecting naifs,
fishing for bank account numbers or photocopies of pass-
ports."
--Nathalie Atkinson, "Con heir," Toronto Life,
September 1, 2003
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BONUS WORD OF THE DAY: effusive ih-FYOO-siv (adjective)
: Excessively demonstrative; giving or involving extravagant
or excessive emotional expression; gushing.
: Profuse; overflowing: effusive praise.
Effusive, at root meaning "pouring out," comes from Latin
effusus, past participle of effundere, "to pour out," from
ex-, "out" + fundere, "to pour."
OBSCURE AND UNUSUAL WORDS
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1) vatic VAT-ik (adjective)
: Of or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; pro-
phetic; oracular.
Vatic comes from Latin vates, "a prophet, a soothsayer,
a seer."
2) caterwaul KAT-uhr-wawl (intransitive verb)
: To make a harsh cry.
Caterwaul is from Middle English caterwawen, "to cry as
a cat," either from Medieval Dutch kater, "tomcat" +
Dutch wauwelen, "to tattle," or for catawail, from cat-
wail, "to wail like a cat."
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