This week's theme: words that turn into other words when beheaded. strident (STRYD-nt) adjective
Loud, grating, strongly expressed. [From Latin stridere (creak).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=strident Behead it twice: strident/trident/rident http://wordsmith.org/words/rident.html -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Now 34, [Aviv] Geffen remains unrepentant and just as outspoken as in the early days when he began using the stage as a platform for airing his strident political views against Israel's continued occupation of the West Bank and Gaza." Barry Davis; Taking His Bad Boy Image Abroad; The Jerusalem Post (Israel); May 31, 2007. Sponsored by: Free! Extra issue of any of Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Subscribe at: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith7 "Another Word A Day", a book by Anu Garg. Reviewers call it: "Amazing", "A word feast". http://wordsmith.org/awad/book2.html ............................................................................ I'll tell you how the sun rose-- / A ribbon at a time. -Emily Dickinson, poet (1830-1886) Online Chat: Join us in a chat on the history of English with Anne Curzan, author, editor, and professor. This event will take place on June 12, 2007 at 6 pm Pacific (GMT -7). More details are at http://wordsmith.org/chat Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/strident.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/strident.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/strident.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
