another nice word for today. Let's move to instauration of the basic trust and good faith among the members of this list. We may be fragile from time to time but we are tenacious and tough.
-----Original Message----- From: Wordsmith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 12:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A.Word.A.Day--instauration instauration (in-sto-RAY-shuhn) noun 1. Renewal; renovation; restoration. 2. An act of founding or establishing something. [From Latin instauration-, from instauratio, from instaurare (to renew). Other words derived from the same root are: store, restore, and stow.] "Universities are, since their instauration in Bologna, Salerno, or medieval Paris, fragile, although tenacious, beasts." George Steiner; An Academic Comes of Age in 'The Sleepless City'; The Chronicle of Higher Education (Washington); Feb 6, 1998. "He (Francis Bacon) did not, as it happened, have much success persuading either of his two royal patrons, Elizabeth I or James I, to invest public funds in the `Great Instauration' of knowledge he envisioned." Roger Kimball; Knowing It All; Wall Street Journal (New York); Jul 23, 1998. It's that time of the year again, the time when we feature odds-and-ends. One-of-a-kind words. Words that are unusual, picturesque, whimsical, esoteric, or intriguing. And like all the creatures in this world, these words serve a purpose (as shown by the accompanying citations). They make our verbal universe richer and more diverse. So here they are. We've coaxed them out of the dictionary -- it's not often that one finds them in the open -- and we hope you'll welcome them in your diction. -Anu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sponsored by Think Right Now! International: Depressed? Anxious? Unmotivated? If your willpower & persistence always fizzle out, see the new paradigm in personal growth. http://mcssl.com/app/adtrack.asp?AdID=17954 AND You? Your message here. To reach more than half-million readers, contact us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ............................................................................ Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking. -John Barrington Wain, writer (1925-1994) Send your comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "Subject:" line as "subscribe <Name>" or "unsubscribe". Archives, FAQ, gift subscription form, bulletin board, and more at http://wordsmith.org/awad/ Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/instauration.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/instauration.ram _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
