This week's theme: a medley of words. prepossessing (pree-puh-ZES-ing) adjective
Creating a favorable impression; attractive. [From pre- + possess, from Latin possidere (to occupy, dominate, seize), from potis (able) + sedere (to sit).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=prepossessing -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "A prepossessing performer with a beautiful baritone, Murray is tall, blond and Midwestern-looking." F. Kathleen Foley; Not Quite the Last Word on Irving Berlin; The Los Angeles Times; Jun 27, 2005. This newsletter is made possible in part by: Valentine's Special-15% off T-shirts & a free chocolate Enter code: love at http://www.mentalfloss.com/store DreamHost: Friendly managed web hosting. Friendly tech support comes standard with all accounts: http://www.dreamhost.com/r.cgi?238296 ............................................................................ A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. -John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914) 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/prepossessing.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/prepossessing.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/prepossessing.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
