This week's theme: words formed by contraction. hidalgo (hi-DAL-go) noun
A member of the lower nobility in Spain. [From Spanish, contraction of hijo de algo (son of something). A similar term of nobility in Portugal is fidalgo, from Portuguese filho de algo.] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "[The play] ended in a massive attack by U.S. troops, who illustrated egalitarian principles by slaughtering hidalgos, peons, and enslaved Indians alike." Michael Feingold; This Week's Hot New Plays; The Village Voice (New York); Oct 2, 2007. Sponsors' Messages: 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 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. Kate Maloy's novel, "Every Last Cuckoo" the story of a remarkable 75-year-old woman has been praised in People magazine and elsewhere. http://katemaloy.com ............................................................................ We are all equal before the law, but not before those appointed to apply it. -Stanislaw J. Lec, poet and aphorist (1909-1966) 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/hidalgo.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/hidalgo.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/hidalgo.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
