This week's theme: red-herring words. discommode (dis-kuh-MOD) verb tr.
To put to inconvenience. [From French discommoder, from dis- + commode (convenient). Ultimately from Indo-European root med- (to take appropriate measures) that is also the source of medicine, modern, modify, modest, and modulate.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=discommode -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "Much art today has abandoned the ambition to please the viewer aesthetically. Instead, it seeks to shock, discommode, repulse, proselytize, or startle." Roger Kimball; Art Without Beauty; The Public Interest (Washington, DC); Apr 15, 1997. Sponsors' messages: 101 questions answered! Why do hurricanes happen? Who put New Orleans where it is? How many stars are in the sky? http://knowledgenews.net/s?s=aw022306 Perfect your French, German, Spanish or Italian with Champs-Elysees audio magazines on foreign life & culture. http://ads.champs-elysees.com/wsmith3 ............................................................................ My life is my message. -Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Unsubscribe, change address, gift subs: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/discommode.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/discommode.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/discommode.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
