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Topic Options #125868 - 03/22/04 01:15 PM imprimatur wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Date: Mon Jun 5 00:19:54 EDT 1995 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--imprimatur im.pri.ma.tur n [NL, let it be printed, fr. imprimere to print, fr. L, to imprint, impress--more at impress] (1640) 1 a: a license to print or publish esp. by Roman Catholic episcopal authority b: approval of a publication under circumstances of official censorship 2 a: sanction approval b: imprint c: a mark of approval or distinction Top #125869 - 03/22/04 11:35 PM Re: imprimatur jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California And don't forget imprimatur's kissing cousin: nihil obstat. Top #125870 - 03/23/04 04:38 AM Re: imprimatur dxb Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/06/02 Posts: 1692 Loc: UK Thanks for that uncle - for those who, like me, have never heard it before: nihil obstat: NOUN: 1. Roman Catholic Church ~ An attestation by a church censor that a book contains nothing damaging to faith or morals. 2. Official approval, especially of an artistic work. ETYMOLOGY: Latin, nothing hinders : nihil, nothing + obstat, third person sing. present tense of obst re, to hinder. Top #125871 - 03/23/04 09:06 AM Re: imprimatur jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California You're welcome, dxb. I remember the first time I heard the phrase nihil obstat it was pronounced by the priest as nickel obstat. It's been a long while since I've seen a book with both these ecclesiastical okays in 'em. Top #125872 - 03/23/04 09:15 AM Re: imprimatur Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 Sometimes words with Hs in them were spelled with CH in medieval Latin, e.g., MICHI for MIHI or NICHIL for NIHIL. My own WDI is that the orthography was to explicitly indicate a pronounced H rather than a silent one. NIHIL OBSTAT is also the motto of the National Registry of Armigers, the second amendment rights organization that believes the purpose of the second amendment to the US Constitution is to give individuals the right to have what are loosely known as coats of arms. Top #125873 - 03/23/04 09:52 AM Re: Hastivibrans jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California Sometimes words with Hs in them were spelled with CH in medieval Latin, e.g., MICHI for MIHI or NICHIL for NIHIL. My own WDI is that the orthography was to explicitly indicate a pronounced H rather than a silent one. The {h} in Classical Latin was probably not pronounced (e.g., (h)arena 'sand'). Medieval Europe is another thing. I always assumed the spelling michi / nichil were pronounced with voiced palatal or velar fricatives, rather than stops. So, armigers bear heraldic arms and heralds bear messages. And who arms the bears? Arma ursorum cano. Top #125874 - 03/23/04 11:02 AM Re: Hastivibrans Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 Arma ursorum cano Or, as Agricola sang in Grunt: Pigorian Chant from Snouto Domoinko De Silo Porcos cibumque cano. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8423 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209735 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 3 registered (wofahulicodoc, jenny jenny, olly), 37 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 86 jenny jenny 68 wofahulicodoc 50 endymion6 43 BranShea 35 Rhubarb Commando 29 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 zmjezhd 16 Jackie 16 Faldage 14 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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