This week's theme: adjectives used postpositively. regent (REE-juhnt) adjective
One who rules for a limited period, on behalf of a king or queen who is a minor, absent, or ill. [From Latin regent-, present participle of regere (to rule). Ultimately from the Indo-European reg- (to move in a straight line, to lead or rule) that is also the source of regime, direct, rectangle, erect, rectum, alert, source, and surge.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=regent -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "Thousands of public workers continued their strike last week, after rejecting a proposal by Princess Regent Pilolevu [of Tonga] to grant them salary increases of 60 percent to 80 percent. The workers, on strike since late July, are also demanding political reforms." World Notes; People's Weekly World (New York); Sep 10-16, 2005. Sponsored by: The Desk Drawer: Tired of hiding your words in a closet? Need critiques? Ready for a nudge to write more? http://www.winebird.com Ever wonder why we aren't just euphoric, we are on cloud nine? Derivation, a fun game about word and phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com ............................................................................ The butterfly counts not years but moments and has time enough. -Rabindranath Tagore, poet, philosopher, author, songwriter, painter, educator, composer, Nobel laureate (1861-1941) 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/regent.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/regent.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/regent.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
