This week's theme: short words. lea (lee, lay) noun
A grassland. [From Old English leah (meadow). Ultimately from Indo-European root leuk- (light) that has resulted in other words such as lunar, lunatic, light, lightning, lucid, illuminate, illustrate, translucent, lux, and lynx.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=lea -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea." Thomas Gray; Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. We thank these sponsors for making this newsletter possible: Want to learn 13 uses for Ziploc bags? Check out The Smart Traveler's Passport http://www.quirkbooks.com. Promocode: WORDADAY for 25% off your entire order! Settling for Braindrizzles when what you really need is a Brainstorm? Get your mind up to Galeforce. Read "Think Better" http://tenkaizen.com ............................................................................ Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. -James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891) 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/lea.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/lea.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/lea.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
