[Sca-cooks] FW: A.Word.A.Day--chef-d'oeuvre
Kingstaste
kingstaste at comcast.net
Thu Dec 3 06:13:06 PST 2009
Just sent to me this morning by a student of mine. Never heard this one
before, but it makes sense I suppose.
Christianna
And of course I thought of you! Um, just cause the word has "chef" in it?
LOL
From: Wordsmith <wsmith at wordsmith.org>
Date: Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--chef-d'oeuvre
Wordsmith.org
The Magic of Words
This week's theme
French terms
This week's words
rapporteur <http://wordsmith.org/words/rapporteur.html>
amour-propre <http://wordsmith.org/words/amour-propre.html>
esprit <http://wordsmith.org/words/esprit_de_corps.html> de corps
chef-d'oeuvre <http://wordsmith.org/words/chef-d_oeuvre.html>
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A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg
chef-d'oeuvre
PRONUNCIATION:
(shay-DOO-vruh) <http://wordsmith.org/words/chef-d_oeuvre.mp3>
MEANING:
noun: A masterpiece.
ETYMOLOGY:
>From French chef-d'oeuvre (masterpiece), from chef (chief) + oeuvre (work).
USAGE:
"Not every item is a chef d'oeuvre: The Surrealists loved to create collages
from trivial snapshots."
Jorg von Uthmann; Kinky Dolls, Glass Tears Adorn Surrealist Photo Show;
Bloomberg; Oct 29, 2009.
Explore "chef-d'oeuvre <http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=chef-d'oeuvre> " in
the Visual Thesaurus.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
-Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
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