This week's theme: words that aren't what they appear to be. slaver (SLAV-vuhr, SLAY-vuhr) verb tr., intr.
1. To slobber or drool; to smear with saliva. 2. To fawn. noun Saliva dripping from the mouth. [Probably from Old Norse slafra (to slobber).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=slaver -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "While it would be unforgivably coarse to slaver over her good looks, it would be prissy to shirk the obvious truth that most film actresses are still required to be beautiful." Kevin Jackson; Versatile British Actress [Lindsay Duncan] Finally in International Spotlight; New Zealand Herald (Auckland); Sep 1, 2006. Sponsors' Messages: Pimsleur Language courses, proven fast and effective. Save 10% with coupon AWADSP06 at checkout. http://awad.pimsleurdirect.com 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. ............................................................................ The more intelligent and cultured a man is, the more subtly he can humbug himself. -Carl Jung, psychiatrist (1875-1961) 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/slaver.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/slaver.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/slaver.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
