This week's theme: words that turn into other words when beheaded. testate (TES-tayt) adjective
Having made a legally valid will. [From Latin testatus (witnessed), from testari (to bear witness or to make a will). Ultimately from the Indo-European root trei- (three) that's also the source of such words as three, testify (to be the third person: to bear witness), and triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=testate -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "'You want to do the will tonight?' my wife would coo. We put it off. The sight of a blank will leaves a man too testy to be testate." Steve Rubenstein; Where There's a Will There's a Clark; San Francisco Chronicle; Aug 19, 1991. Sponsors' messages: Free! Extra issue of any of Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Subscribe at: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith7 Subscribe to any of the French, German, Italian or Spanish Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines and get an extra issue free: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith8 ............................................................................ I get up every morning determined both to change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning the day difficult. -E.B. White, writer (1899-1985) 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/testate.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/testate.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/testate.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
