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A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg incorrigible PRONUNCIATION: (in-KOR-i-juh-buhl) MEANING: adjective: Incapable of being corrected or reformed. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin in- (not) + corrigere (to correct). Ultimately from the Indo-European reg- (to move in a straight line, lead, or rule), which also gave us regime, direct, rectangle, erect, rectum, alert, source, surge, recto, regular, abrogate, arrogate, prorogue, interregnum, regent, and supererogatory. Earliest documented use: 1340. USAGE: Im an incorrigible scavenger. Ive been known to climb into dump trucks because Ive seen an interesting table leg sticking out of the rubbish. Ive furnished whole apartments from things Ive found on the street. Lee Tulloch; My Souvenirs Are Not Snow Globes; The Canberra Times (Australia); Feb 22, 2014. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I dont mind that you think slowly but I do mind that you are publishing faster than you think. -Wolfgang Pauli, physicist, Nobel laureate (1900-1958)
Posted on: Fri, 02 May 2014 13:00:00 +0000

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