This week's theme: lesser-known counterparts of common words. prequel (PREE-kwuhl) noun
A book, movie, drama, etc. set in a time preceding that of an existing work. [From Latin pre- (before) + sequel, from Latin sequi (to follow).] There are other variants: midquel, sidequel, threequel, ad nauseum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequel#Chronologies -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Author Budge Wilson admits writing Before Green Gables -- a prequel to Anne of Green Gables -- was a daunting task." Maria Kubacki; How Anne became Anne; Calgary Herald (Canada); Feb 10, 2008. 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. Singapore's lifeblood is innovation. Last week, "Think Better" hit #10 on Singapore's non-fiction book list. Find out why. http://tenkaizen.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 ............................................................................ To hurry pain is to leave a classroom still in session. To prolong pain is to remain seated in a vacated classroom and miss the next lesson. -Yahia Lababidi, writer (b. 1973) 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/prequel.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/prequel.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/prequel.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
