A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg holograph PRONUNCIATION: (HOL-uh-graf) MEANING: noun: 1. A document handwritten by its author. adjective: 2 Handwritten by the author. noun: 3. A hologram: a three-dimensional image created using laser. ETYMOLOGY: For 1, 2: Via Latin, from Greek holographos, from holos (whole) + -graphos (written). Earliest documented use: 1623. For 3: From holography, which was coined from hologram on the pattern of photography, from Greek holos (whole). Earliest documented use: 1968. USAGE: Writing on a blackboard is like writing a letter, or a poem, by hand. For one class period, what youve written is your holograph. Michael McFee; Ode to the Blackboard; The Chronicle of Higher Education (Washington, DC); May 19, 2014. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door. -Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (1915-2005)
Posted on: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 13:00:00 +0000
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