This week's theme: words to describe people. pixilated (PIK-suh-layt-id) adjective
1. Mentally unbalanced; eccentric. 2. Whimsical. [From pixie, a mischievous fairylike creature.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=pixilated -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "Robert De Niro redeems himself after his disastrous work in 'The Fan' by displaying a refreshing flair for screwball comedy as Bessie's pixilated physician, Dr. Wally." James Verniere; 'Marvin's Room' Hits Home; Boston Herald; Jan 10, 1997. We thank these sponsors for making this newsletter possible: 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. Richard Lederer, master of "Anguished English" books masters puns plus in "Giant Book of Animal Jokes." Available at http://StoneandScott.com ............................................................................ For every ten people who are clipping at the branches of evil, you're lucky to find one who's hacking at the roots. -Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Remove, change, or subscribe address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/pixilated.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/pixilated.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/pixilated.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
