This week's theme: Words with hidden animals. interregnum (in-tuhr-REG-nuhm) noun
The period between the end of a reign and the beginning of the next; a time when there is no government. [From Latin, from inter- (between) + regnum (reign).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=interregnum -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "In this unprecedented interregnum Tony Blair has no authority to do anything that attempts to tie the hands of his successor." Melanie Phillips; Brown's First Great Test; Daily Mail (London, UK); Jun 10, 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 Monthly French, German, Italian and Spanish cultural audio magazines for intermediate-to-advanced learners. http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith7 ............................................................................ By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong. -Charles Wadsworth Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/interregnum.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/interregnum.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/interregnum.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
