This week's theme: unusual words used in famous quotations. dictatress (dik-TAY-tres) noun
A female dictator. [From Latin dictator, from dictare (to dictate), frequentative of dicere (to say). Ultimately from the Indo-European root deik- (to show, to pronounce solemnly) that is also the source of other words such as judge, verdict, vendetta, revenge, indicate, dictate, and paradigm.] "America ... might become dictatress of the world. She would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit." John Quincy Adams; Address; Jul 4, 1821; quoted in The Yale Book of Quotations. Sponsored by: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=p17 Perfect your fluency in French, German, Spanish or Italian with Champs-Elysees audio magazines. http://ads.champs-elysees.com/wsmith7 ............................................................................ The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist." -Maria Montessori, educator (1870-1952) 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/dictatress.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/dictatress.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/dictatress.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
