This week's theme: eponyms. galen (GAY-luhn) noun
A physician. [After Galen, a famous Greek physician in the 2nd century. He pioneered the study of anatomy and wrote extensively about his findings.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=galen -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "I need a Galen for my fermenting mind seeking the vintner." Raficq Abdulla; Words of Paradise: Selected Poems of Rumi; Frances Lincoln Ltd; 2000. Sponsors' messages: Ever wonder why we aren't just happy, we're happy as a clam? Derivation, a fascinating game about word & phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com Speak French, German, Spanish or Italian? Speak it better with Champs-Elysees audio magazines! http://ads.champs-elysees.com/wsmith2 ............................................................................ The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. -Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (1879-1955) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/galen.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/galen.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/galen.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
