This week's theme: 14-letter words, 14-letter definitions. tinctumutation (tinkt-myoo-TAY-shuhn) noun
Change of colour. [From Latin tinctus (a dyeing) + mutation (changing).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Neither is tinctumutation the result of the direct influence of light." The Popular Science Monthly; 1895. Sponsors' messages: "You cretinous looby!" Good words meet bad manners in the new book The Perfect Insult for Every Occasion http://www.theperfectinsult.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 Literate greeting cards for literate people, letterpress-printed by hand for all occasions. 100% recycled paper. Visit http://letterarypress.etsy.com ............................................................................ If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. -Desmond Tutu, clergyman (b. 1931) 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/tinctumutation.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/tinctumutation.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/tinctumutation.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
