This week's theme: Hair today, gone tomorrow. pogonotrophy (po-guh-NAW-truh-fee) noun
The growing of a beard. [From Greek pogon (beard) + -trophy (nourishment, growth).] Pogonology is the study of beards and pogonotomy is a fancy word for shaving. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Mr. Davis fixed his gaze on the red beard [and said], "Professor Flowers, I must congratulate you on a fine example of pogonotrophy.'" Richard J. Weiss and Duane R. Chartier; Fakebusters II: Scientific Detection of Fakery in Art and Philately; World Scientific Publishing Company; 2004. This newsletter is made possible in part by: Calling all onomatomaniacs: Visit http://landabooks.com. Writing, vocabulary books; free weekly word quiz; more--for word lovers, students, teachers. Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=mx0 ............................................................................ Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace. -Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. general and 34th president (1890-1969) 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/pogonotrophy.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/pogonotrophy.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/pogonotrophy.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
