This week's theme: words formed by false splitting. nonce (nons) noun
1. The present or immediate occasion. 2. The time being. [From the phrase "for the nonce", a misdivision of "for then anes", from for + then (the) + anes (one).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=nonce -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "I pursed my lips and set aside my thirst for the nonce." C Sanford Lowe and G David Nordley; Loki's Realm; Analog Science Fiction & Fact (New York); Jul/Aug 2007. Sponsors' message: Got gas? If not, stay home and play Fibonaccio! The Trivia Game in Book Form 10% discount. http://patrickspress.com or see http://fibonaccio.blogspot.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 ............................................................................ After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on -- have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear -- what remains? Nature remains. -Walt Whitman, poet (1819-1892) 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/nonce.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/nonce.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/nonce.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
