In the next five days we'll offer you five words. How were they selected? What do they have in common? Instead of telling you in advance, as we usually do, this week we challenge you to figure it out.
If you think you know the selection criterion, email your answer to (words AT wordsmith.org). Only one answer per person please. From among the correct answers, one person will be selected at random to win an autographed copy of my book Another Word A Day. We'll reveal the answer and the winner's name at the weekend. livid (LIV-id) adjective 1. Extremely angry. 2. Reddish, grayish, bluish, or pallid. [From Latin lividus, from livere (to be bluish).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=livid -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "Andrew Price, coach of Boys' Town, was livid last night after learning that his team's home ground was banned for two games." Howard Walker; Boys' Town Ban Upsets Price; Jamaica Observer (Kingston); Jan 9, 2007. This newsletter is made possible in part by these sponsors: 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. 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 ............................................................................ I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations. -Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784) Discuss this week's words on our bulletin board: http://wordsmith.org/board Remove, change address, gift subs: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/livid.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/livid.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/livid.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
