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A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg icarian PRONUNCIATION: (i-KAR-ee-uhn, eye-) MEANING: adjective: Of or relating to an over-ambitious attempt that ends in ruin. ETYMOLOGY: After Icarus in Greek mythology who flew so high that the sun melted the wax holding his artificial wings. Icarus plunged to his death into the sea. Earliest documented use: 1595. USAGE: But the film is a warning about flying too high. Philippe Petit may have succeeded in the high wire walk, but he suffers an Icarian fall in his personal life. Monica Heisey; Masterwork on Wire; The Queens Journal (Kingston, Canada); Nov 14, 2008. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: This above all: to thine own self be true, / And it must follow, as the night the day, / Thou canst not then be false to any man. -William Shakespeare, poet and dramatist (1564-1616)
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:00:01 +0000

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