This week's theme: words to describe people. scrutator (skroo-TAY-tuhr) noun
One who investigates. [From Latin scrutator (searcher), from scrutari (to examine), from scruta (trash).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Something like 'heaven forgive me' was in Clara's mind, though she would have declared herself innocent before the scrutator." George Meredith; The Egoist; Kessinger Publishing; 2004. Sponsored by: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=mx0 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 @). ............................................................................ Let your tears come. Let them water your soul. -Eileen Mayhew 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/scrutator.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/scrutator.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/scrutator.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
