Usually the words in AWAD form a theme but once in a while we simply feature words that are engaging by themselves. Consider this a cross-country drive through the dictionary, with no itinerary in hand.
We'll make several stops along the way, but who knows where we might stop, and why. Let's see what kind of words we might come across. We'll meet words that are long or short and unusual or familiar, but all of them, just like people, are interesting if we care enough to learn about them. pudibund (PYOO-di-buhnd) adjective Prudish. [From Latin pudere (to make or be ashamed).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Curiously, Life, pudibund family magazine that it was, hesitated about running the story." Brian Boyd; Vladimir Nabokov : The American Years; Princeton University Press; 1991. Sponsors' Messages: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=mx0 Subscribe to http://delanceyplace.com -- a carefully selected non-fiction book excerpt free to your email each day. It's the thinking person's daily quotation. ............................................................................ Don't be yourself. Be someone a little nicer. -Mignon McLaughlin, journalist and author (1913-1983) Discuss this week's words on our bulletin board: http://wordsmith.org/board Remove, change address, gift subs: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/pudibund.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/pudibund.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/pudibund.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
