This week's theme: terms from French. frisson (free-SON) noun
A sudden, brief moment of excitement or fear; thrill, shudder. [From French frisson (shiver), from Old French friçon, from Late Latin friction-, from Latin frictio (friction), from Latin frigere (to be cold).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=frisson -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "I get to find small but interesting differences related to communication in Japan and the United States that still give me a pleasurable frisson of surprise." Kate Elwood; Surprising Differences; The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo, Japan); Jan 24, 2005. Sponsored by: Derivation, a fascinating game about word and phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com or http://amazon.com/o/asin/b00005btb8/entspire-20 Like wordplay? Get "The Giant Book of Animal Jokes: Beastly Humor for Grownups" by Richard Lederer & James Ertner from http://stoneandscott.com Give an awesome stocking stuffer: Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty! Friends and family adore its fun colors and adult-sized handfuls: http://puttyworld.com Another quiet moment after your AWAD. Photos and quotes daily, Dogs on Saturday, Nature on Sunday. Free email service. http://thedailybuzzz.com ............................................................................ The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. -Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (1882-1945) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). For subscriber services, visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/frisson.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/frisson.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/frisson.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
