This week's theme: words formed by false splitting. ouch or ouche (ouch) noun
A brooch or buckle set with precious stones. [From the misdivision of the phrase "a nouche" as "an ouche", from Anglo-Norman ouche (brooch). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ned- (to bind) that is also the source of node, noose, annex, and connect.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=ouch -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "No store of well-drilled needles, nor ouches of amber pale; No new-cut tongues of the bison, nor meat of the stranded whale." Rudyard Kipling; The Story of Ung; 1896. Sponsors' Messages: 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. Free! Extra issue of any of Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Subscribe at: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith7 ............................................................................ A man who is 'ill-adjusted' to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister. -Hermann Hesse, novelist, poet, Nobel laureate (1877-1962) 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/ouch.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/ouch.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/ouch.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
