-----Original Message----- From: Wordsmith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: A.Word.A.Day--fatidic
fatidic (fay-TID-ik) adjective Of or relating to predicting fates; prophetic. [From Latin fatidicus, from fatum (fate) + dicere (to say). Ultimately from Indo-European root deik- (to show or to pronounce solemnly) that is also the source of other words such as judge, verdict, vendetta, revenge, indicate, dictate, and paradigm.] "As a consequence of that essay, I was awarded a scholarship at the East-West Center (a name that, at the time, had fatidic significance to the child of a man from the East and a woman from the West)." Paul Di Filippo; Textual Pleasures; The Washington Post; Jun 27, 1999. This week's theme: words related to forecasting. Messages from our sponsors: Make your pals jealous! Be first to get your "Sigmund Freud: There Egos Again!" and other unique T-shirts at http://www.mentalfloss.com/ TheFreeDictionary.com: Find additional information about fatidic http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fatidic in TheFreeDictionary.com ............................................................................ Fatigue is the best pillow. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790) Send your comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For subscriber services, visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/fatidic.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/fatidic.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/fatidic.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
