Gearing up for super sun, Sunny and Son day as well as groundhog day. Lets take a look at the yin/yang/tao, shall we?!? (my new young female dentist claimed that I was sending her mixed messages yesterday. what do you expect, I knew the tooth had to come out but yet did not want to lose it. Finally I told her, I will wrestle you for it. She replied, That is exactly what you are doing. No argument there and the tooth yielded to her charms and came out whole instead of in pieces. Yeah!!!!) youtube/watch?v=VbUdcQee5ik youtube/watch?v=fy8IoWoRKS0 youtube/watch?v=xL7kaDVFvS0 youtube/watch?v=SkjVj1hYTD0 youtube/watch?v=3ux70AH78CU Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 11:20:47 +0000 To: 1ascherer@msn Subject: Pusillanimous - and a test your memory quiz From: word@m-w If this message doesn’t display properly, open in a web browser ›› Word of the Day February 1 pusillanimous\pyoo-suh-LAN-uh-mus\ adjective : lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity The senator resorted to mudslinging, calling his opponent a pusillanimous pawn of special interest groups. Heres the pusillanimous and unprincipled attitude of the RUSU [Reading University Student Union] and its sad ilk, offered in their own words: modern university students should not do anything to give offense, and if anyone claims offense, they should stop whatever they are doing immediately. — From a blog post by Ken White at Popehat, October 23, 2013 Sponsored Link Do you know someone who has a small, weak spirit, someone whose reserve of inner strength is too small to draw from in times of danger and adversity? If so, youll find pusillanimous to be the perfect descriptor for that person. The Latin roots of this derisive adjective are pusillus, meaning very small (and related to pusus, meaning boy) and animus, which means spirit and is the ancestor to many words in our language, including animal and animate. Pusillanimous first appeared in English in the 16th century, but it gained prominence in the 1970s when Vice President Spiro Agnew famously accused his ideological rivals of pusillanimous pussyfooting. Test Your Memory: What former Word of the Day can mean of or relating to the alphabet or alphabetically arranged? The answer is … Want More? Join Merriam-Webster on Facebook and Twitter Our Vocab Quiz Game for iPhone & iPad Incredibly fun and addictive. And informative! — User Review, iTunes Download Quizzitive » More Words of the Day: Visit our archives Play the Word of the Day Podcast Merriam-Webster Word Games Sponsored Links You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive the Merriam-Webster Word of the Day. Unsubscribe 1ascherer@msn Manage your subscription settings Merriam-Webster, Inc. 47 Federal Street P.O. Box 281 Springfield, MA 01102 merriam-webster Privacy Policy © 2012 by Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
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