This week's theme: a medley of words. adit (AD-it) noun
1. Access; entrance; admission. 2. A nearly horizontal passage leading into a mine. [From Latin aditus (approach, entrance), from adire (to approach), from ire (to go). Ultimately from Indo-European root ei- (to go) that is also the ancestor of words such as exit, transit, circuit, itinerary, and obituary.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=adit -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "As the tramcar passed beneath the low-slung adit, [Sam] Sanders's head was crushed against the timbers." Fred Girard; The Last Bus Stop; The Detroit News; Jan 30, 2006. Sponsors' Messages: Subscribe to http://delanceyplace.com -- a carefully selected non-fiction book excerpt free to your email each day. It's the thinking person's daily quote. Speak French, German, Spanish or Italian? Speak it better with Champs-Elysees audio magazines! http://ads.champs-elysees.com/wsmith2 ............................................................................ The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. -Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writer (1906-2001) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Unsubscribe, change address, subscribe: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/adit.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/adit.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/adit.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
