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A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg plutomania PRONUNCIATION: (ploo-tuh-MAY-nee-uh) MEANING: noun: An obsession with money or wealth. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek pluto- (wealth) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1652. USAGE: Plutomania became rare and almost extinct in the days of the Commonwealth. People lost the habit of valuing possessions over personal relationships. W. Warren Wagar; A Short History of the Future; University of Chicago Press; 1989. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: In a world of fugitives, the person taking the opposite direction will appear to run away. -T.S. Eliot, poet (1888-1965)
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:00:01 +0000

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