This week's theme: adjectives used postpositively. prepense (pri-PENS) adjective
Planned; premeditated. [From Anglo-Norman purpenser (to premeditate), from Latin pensare (to think).] -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "As regards responsibility, the distinction between malice prepense and blameless or accidental commission of an act is not regarded." G.W.F. Hegel; Philosophy Of History: China; (translation: J. Sibree). Sponsored by: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=qv9&ad=aw Perfect your French, German, Italian or Spanish with Champs-Elysees audio magazines, the final step to fluency! http://ads.champs-elysees.com/wsmith5 ............................................................................ He who would be a leader must be a bridge. -Welsh proverb 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/prepense.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/prepense.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/prepense.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
