[Steppes] Fw: A.Word.A.Day--armigerous

Mon Sep 2 06:20:23 PDT 2002

Heeee!  We already knew this!

==============================================================
"My country is the world, and my religion is to do good."
                                      ---= Thomas Paine

And on another note:  http://www.madsci.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~lynn/jardin/SCG

----- Original Message -----
From: Wordsmith <wsmith at wordsmith.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 11:02 PM
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--armigerous

> armigerous (ahr-MIJ-ehr-us) adjective
>
>    Bearing or entitled to bear heraldic arms.
>
> [From Latin armi-, arms + -ger bearing + ous.]
>
>    "It all points to Shakespeare's concept of Hotspur as a feudal type,
>    whose identity comprises a few qualities that are in no way negotiable.
>    For Hotspur, the function of the armigerous classes is to bear arms in
>    battle."
>    Getting a hook on Hotspur, The New Straits Times, Apr 14, 1999.
>
> "I'd like to buy a vowel." Most of us in the `civilized' world are
familiar
> with this oft-heard sentence in a popular TV game show. For those who are
> not, it is a Hangman-like game where contestants identify words in several
> categories by guessing their letters. Correctly guessing a consonant helps
> in winning a prize, while one has to pay to guess a vowel. Imagine playing
> this game and getting words having all five vowels? That wouldn't be very
> exciting where you have to squander all your cash in buying the vowels. To
> make it more tolerable, we've selected this week words that have all the
> vowels once, but only once.                                        -Anu
>
> Sponsored by DHK, Internationally acclaimed ReFresh Water Filters provide
> fresh purified water ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. http://www.dhki.com/p_cantin.htm
>
> Sponsor this newsletter to reach 500,000+ readers daily. Contact us at
> sponsor at wordsmith.org.
>
>
............................................................................
> Judge not the horse by his saddle. -Chinese Proverb
>
> Send your comments to anu at wordsmith.org. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send
> a message to wsmith at wordsmith.org with "Subject:" line as "subscribe
<Name>"
> or "unsubscribe". Archives, FAQ, gift subscription form, bulletin board,
> and more at http://wordsmith.org/awad/
>
> Pronunciation:
> http://wordsmith.org/words/armigerous.wav
> http://wordsmith.org/words/armigerous.ram