[Loch-Ruadh] another word for the day

[Jane Sitton]

I found this one amusing.  --Madelina
Your daily vocabulary lesson: palmary * \PAL-muh-ree or PAHL-muh-ree\ *
(adjective) : outstanding, best
Example sentence: Louis Pasteur is best known for originating
pasteurization, but he also made palmary contributions in the field of
immunology, including finding a vaccination for anthrax.
Did you know? English speakers have been using "palmary" since the 1600s,
and its history stretches back even further than that.  It was the ancient
Romans who first used their "palmarius" to describe someone or something
extraordinary.  "Palmarius" literally translates as "deserving the palm."
But what does that mean exactly?  Was it inspired by palms of hands coming
together in applause?  That would be a good guess, but the direct
inspiration for "palmarius" was the palm leaf given to a victor in a sports
competition.  That other palm, the one on the hand, is loosely related.  The
Romans thought the palm tree's leaves resembled an outstretched palm of the
hand; they thus used their word "palma" for both meanings, just as we do
with "palm" in English.