This week's theme: miscellaneous words. jobbernowl (JOB-uh-nowl) noun
A blockhead. [From French jobard (stupid, gullible), from Old French jobe (stupid) + noll (top or crown of the head).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "That he pays not the least regard to the requirements of convention marks him out as either a superior soul or a right down jobbernowl." Soseki Natsume; I Am a Cat; Tuttle Publishing; 2002. Sponsored by: Orijinz, the brand new word & phrase card game about why we say the things we do. A fun stocking stuffer. Fun on a road trip. http://entspire.com See a map of your word in the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=h7q ............................................................................ It is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, but the cleaving to life and wealth and power. -Buddha (c. 563-483 BCE) Online Chat: Join us in a chat on the making of the Oxford English Dictionary with Charlotte Brewer, author of "Treasure-House of the Language: The Living OED" Sat, Jan 19, 12 noon Pacific (GMT -8). More details at http://wordsmith.org/chat Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/jobbernowl.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/jobbernowl.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/jobbernowl.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
