2:00 PM EST: Threw a crumpled drawing of Don Quixote out the window.
http://www.digitalsalon.com/revich/defenestration.jpg Allan Revich -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of suse Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 12:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: FLUXLIST: Fw: defenestrate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doctor Dictionary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "suse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 4:00 AM Subject: defenestrate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day *************** Word Event April 2, 2006 1. Throw something out the window ************** 12:25 threw a troll-doll out my bedroom window > > > Word of the Day for Sunday April 2, 2006 > > defenestrate \dee-FEN-uh-strayt\, transitive verb: > To throw out of a window. > > Some of his apparent chums . . . would still happily > defenestrate him if they caught him near a window. > -- Andrew Marr, "No option bar the radical one," > [1]Independent, July 5, 1994 > > I defenestrated a clock to see if time flies! > -- Lane Smith, "quoted in Who's News," [2]Time for Kids, > September 25, 1998 > > A woman, driven to fury by the manner in which her lover > prefers to lavish his attention on a match on the telly > rather than her, starts to throw his possessions out of the > window. He's finally moved to stop her when she tries to > defenestrate his new Puma boots. > -- Jim White, "Budgets substantial enough to buy most of > the clubs in the Endsleigh," [3]Independent, April 6, 1996 > _________________________________________________________ > > Defenestrate is derived from Latin de-, "out of" + fenestra, > "window." The noun form is defenestration. > > References > > 1. http://www.independent.co.uk/www/ > 2. http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/ > 3. http://www.independent.co.uk/www/ > > Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation > > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=9&q=defenestrate > > Note: Audio pronunciation available only to Premium members. > To learn more about the benefits of Premium membership, > visit our site: http://dictionary.reference.com/premium/?r=9 > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > CleverKeys, noun: Free software providing instant access to > Dictionary.com from any program. See: http://tinyurl.com/3538s > > > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ > > You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Word of the Day as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the list by email, send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe via email, send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subscriptions can be turned on and off from the Web at > http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/ > > Dictionary.com Word of the Day > http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ > (C) 2006 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. > 65 Pine Ave, #319 Long Beach, CA 90802
