This week's theme: eponyms -- words coined after someone. titian (TISH-uhn) noun
A bright reddish or golden auburn color. [After 16th century Italian painter Titian, from the frequent use of the color (especially for the hair) in his paintings.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=titian -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "The titian-haired sleuth (Nancy Drew) has left her mark on American womanhood for generations now." Marjorie Kehe; The Titian-haired Sleuth All American Girls Love; The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Massachusetts); Oct 4, 2005. 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. Working Teachers: Earn your Master's in Education 100% online from NCATE accredited, University of Scranton. 24/7 Access. http://www.uscranton.com/WS Discover new *super magnetic* Thinking Putty. It's the perfect stocking stuffer! Find out more: http://puttyworld.com?a=awad ............................................................................ The ingenuities we practice in order to appear admirable to ourselves would suffice to invent the telephone twice over on a rainy summer morning. -Brendan Gill, writer and preservationist (1914-1997) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/titian.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/titian.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/titian.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
