This week's theme: eponyms -- words coined after someone. ragamuffin (RAG-uh-muf-in) noun
Someone, especially a child, in ragged, dirty clothes. [After Ragamoffyn, a demon in William Langland's 14th century poem Piers Plowman.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=ragamuffin -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "There were ragamuffins filled with certainties on every streetcorner and philosophers in every coffeehouse." Earl Shorris; A Nation of Salesmen; Harper's (New York); Oct 1994. Sponsored by: "Prinderella and the Since," "Beeping Sleauty," + 41 other tales spoonerized by Stoopnagle + more can be yours from Publisher at http://stoneandscott.com Discover new *super magnetic* Thinking Putty. It's the perfect stocking stuffer! Find out more: http://puttyworld.com?a=awad Working Teachers: Earn your Master's in Education 100% online from NCATE accredited, University of Scranton. 24/7 Access. http://www.uscranton.com/WS ........................................................................... That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not. -James Kern Feibleman, philosopher and psychiatrist (1904-1987) 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/ragamuffin.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/ragamuffin.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/ragamuffin.html
