Word of the Day for Saturday, October 9, 2010
roborant \ROB-uh-ruhnt\, adjective:
1. Strengthening; restoring vigor.
noun:
1. A strengthening medicine; a tonic; a restorative.
Word of the Day for Sunday, October 10, 2010
bricolage \bree-koh-LAHZH; brih-\, noun:
Construction or something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available.
And at the end of the day
synecdochically
Definition of SYNECDOCHE
: a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships), the whole for a part (as society for high society), the species for the genus (as cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as a creature for a man), or the name of the material for the thing made (as boards for stage)
— syn·ec·doch·ic\ˌsi-ˌnek-ˈdä-kik\ adjective
— syn·ec·doch·i·cal\-ˈdä-ki-kəl\ adjective
— syn·ec·doch·i·cal·ly\-ki-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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