This week's theme: words related to beards. bluebeard (BLOO-beerd) noun
A man who marries and kills one wife after another. [After Bluebeard, the nickname of the main character Raoul in a fairy tale by Charles Perrault (1628-1703). In the story, Bluebeard's wife finds the bodies of his previous wives in a room she was forbidden to enter. Yes, he did have a blue beard.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=bluebeard -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "[The groom] may have to carry her spiritual guide, and perhaps her interior bluebeard, some brutal side of the feminine." Robert Bly; A Little Book on the Human Shadow; Harper; 1988. Sponsors' messages: TodayOnline says: "Think Better actually teaches readers how to unlock the brain's creative powers at will." Check it out. http://tenkaizen.com Announce your products, services, or message here. Reach more than 600,000 people in this space. Write to: sponsorsATwordsmith.org (replace AT with @). ............................................................................ It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey. -Robert Green Ingersoll, lawyer and orator (1833-1899) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/bluebeard.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/bluebeard.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/bluebeard.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
