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May 21, 2013 This week's theme Words coined after mountains This week's words vesuvian parnassian Theater of Delphi on the southwestern spur of Mount Parnassus Photo: Leonid Tsvetkov A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg parnassian PRONUNCIATION: (pahr-NAS-ee-uhn) MEANING: adjective: Of or relating to poetry. ETYMOLOGY: After Mount Parnassus, a mountain in Greece, considered sacred to Apollo, the Greek god of music and poetry, and the Muses. Earliest documented use: 1565. USAGE: "Whether scaling to Parnassian heights or plunging inward to insight, the poems' impeccable musicality and craftsmanship will win the trust and admiration of many." Fiction Reviews; Publishers Weekly (New York); Oct 15, 2007. Explore "parnassian" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice that produces beggars needs restructuring. -Martin Luther King, Jr., civil-rights leader (1929-1968)

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