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Word of the Day for Monday June 9, 2003
trice \TRYS\, noun:
A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- used chiefly in
the phrase "in a trice."
There is no reason to doubt Alma here since so many other
witnesses over the years tell similar tales... of the
moody Mahler who would switch from eloquence to silence in
a trice for no apparent reason.
--Jonathan Carr, [1]Mahler: A Biography
Our super sleuth decided to take action and the mystery was
solved in a trice.
--"Furthermore," [2]The Guardian, October 30, 2001
Catastrophic fires could wipe out as much as 1 million sq
km of rain forest in a trice.
--Sandy M. Fernandez, "Global Concern," [3]Time, September
18, 2000
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Trice is from Middle English (at a) trise, literally, "(at
one) pull," from trisen, "to pull," from Middle Dutch trisen,
"to hoist," from trise, "a windlass, a pulley."
References
1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0879518022/ref%3Dnosim/lexico
2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardian/
3. http://www.time.com/
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