This week's theme: words about diplomacy. plenipotentiary (plen-uh-puh-TEN-shee-er-ee, -shuh-ree) noun
A person, such as a diplomatic agent, fully authorized to represent a government. adjective Invested with full power. [From Latin plenipotentiarius, from plenum (full) + potent (powerful).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=plenipotentiary -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "On Wednesday, Blair officially resigned as Britain's prime minister and immediately took on the role of senior plenipotentiary for the so-called Middle East Quartet -- the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia." Matthew Fisher; Blair Named Mideast Envoy; Windsor Star (Canada); Jun 28, 2007. This newsletter is made possible in part by these sponsors: Amazing! Computer typing speed and accuracy in only a few hours! Quick! Easy! For kids and adults. Only $30.00 + S/H. http://HerzogKeyboarding.com Free! Extra issue of any of Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Subscribe at: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith7 ............................................................................ The man who thinks he can do without the world is indeed mistaken; but the man who thinks the world cannot do without him is mistaken even worse. -Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer (1613-1680) 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/plenipotentiary.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/plenipotentiary.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/plenipotentiary.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
