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May 24, 2013 This week's theme Words coined after mountains This week's words vesuvian parnassian chevy chartreuse himalayan Words, language & more Join us in our discussion forum: Wordsmith Talk A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg Himalayan PRONUNCIATION: (him-uh-LAY-uhn, hi-MAHL-yuhn) MEANING: adjective: 1. Enormously large. 2. Relating to the Himalayas. ETYMOLOGY: After the Himalayas, the mountain range having Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. From Sanskrit him (snow) + alaya (abode). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ghei- (winter), which is the ancestor of words such as chimera, hibernaculum, hiemal, and hibernate. Earliest documented use: 1866. USAGE: "As Otago lurches towards its worst season in living memory, it is becoming plain to see the Himalayan task these coaches are facing." Steve Hepburn; Ordinary Otago Side Outclassed; Otago Daily Times (New Zealand); Oct 18, 2010. Explore "Himalayan" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I have a trunk containing continents. -Beryl Markham, adventurer (1902-1986)

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