This week's theme: miscellaneous words. moiety (MOI-i-tee) noun
1. A half. 2. A portion. [From Latin medius (middle). Ultimately from the Indo-European root medhyo- (middle) that's also the source of middle, mean, medium, medal (originally a coin worth a halfpenny), mezzanine, and mediocre.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=moiety -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Amazingly, Carbery failed to score in the opening moiety." Ballincollig Impress; The Southern Star (Skibbereen, Ireland); Jun 16, 2007. Sponsored by: AdSpeed - Advanced ad serving solution. Easy to use, reliable, fast service. http://www.adspeed.com/?src=wordsmith Free! Extra issue of any of Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Subscribe at: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith7 ............................................................................ If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state. -Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (1828-1910) 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/moiety.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/moiety.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/moiety.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
