This week's theme: words that are homophones of everyday words. annalist (AN-uh-list) noun
A historian, especially a chronicler of yearly events. [From Latin libri annales (yearly books), from annus (year). Ultimately from the Indo-European root at- (to go) that is also the source of annual, annals, annuity, and anniversary.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=annalist -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "The annalist Ennius mentioned that the Carthaginians habitually offered their infants to their gods." Jose S. Arcilla S.J.; Roots; BusinessWorld (Manila, Philippines); Mar 6, 2006. Sponsored by: Ever wonder why we aren't just happy, we're happy as a clam? Derivation, a fascinating game about word & phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com And you? Get your message about your business, products, or services to more than half-million readers in this space. Contact us at sponsorsATwordsmith.org (replace AT with @). ............................................................................ It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way. -Rollo May, psychologist (1909-1994) 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/annalist.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/annalist.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/annalist.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
