This week's theme: insults. praetorian or pretorian (pree-TOR-ee-uhn) adjective
Corruptible; fraudulent. [From Latin praetor, an elected magistrate in ancient Rome.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=praetorian -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "If Nigeria is ever going to mature as a free and democratic society, the judiciary, nay, the various sitting tribunals must be ready and willing to demonstrate an unequal boldness as well as courage to curb electoral banditry by praetorian politicians that subverted the April 2007 elections." Mike Igini; Amaechi - Error or Good Reason?; Vanguard (Apapa, Nigeria); Oct 1, 2007. 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. 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 ............................................................................ They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness. -Louise Erdrich, author (b. 1954) 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/praetorian.mp3 Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/praetorian.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
