This week's theme: miscellaneous words. invidious (in-VID-ee-uhs) adjective
Unjust, offensive, or hateful, and likely to arouse resentment, ill will, anger, etc. [From Latin invidiosus (envious, envied, hostile), from invidia (envy, hostility), from videre (to see). Ultimately from the Indo-European root weid- (to see) that is also the source of words such as guide, wise, vision, advice, idea, story, and history.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=invidious -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "A small wrinkle of worry crosses Sword Gusmao's brow as she discusses her husband's invidious position." Steve Waldon; Kirsty's Crusade; The Age (Melbourne, Australia); Nov 1, 2006. Sponsored by: Want a professional writer's help? Critiques, help with writer's block. Fiction, nonfiction, business writing. Free newsletter. http://RoySorrels.com Bounce it! Stretch it! Tear it! Mold it! Make Thinking Putty your super stocking stuffer. Huge handfuls. Awesome colors. http://puttyworld.com ............................................................................ At times it may be necessary to temporarily accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good. -Margaret Mead, anthropologist (1901-1978) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/invidious.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/invidious.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/invidious.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
