This week's theme: words about books. pericope (puh-RIK-uh-pee) noun
A selection from a book. [From Late Latin pericope, from Greek perikope (section), from peri (around) + koptein (to cut).] -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "Act now while the supply lasts, and you can buy a rare facsimile of an 11th-century, illuminated German manuscript for only $16,425. After March 15, the price will rise to $19,205. This is what the publisher has told prospective German buyers interested in acquiring a 410-page, gilded copy of a pericope." Craig R. Whitney; Medieval Marketing; The New York Times; Nov 9, 1994. Sponsored by: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=4p7&ad=aw And you? Get your message about your business, products, or services to more than half-million readers in this space. Contact us at sponsorsATwordsmith.org (replace AT with @). ............................................................................ Some people change when they see the light, others when they feel the heat. -Caroline Schoeder 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/pericope.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/pericope.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/pericope.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
