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This week's theme Words derived from hands and feet This week's words prestidigitation antipodal legerdemain expediency mortmain Find your antipodal point at Antipodr or Antipodes Map Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg antipodal PRONUNCIATION: (an-TIP-uh-duhl) MEANING: adjective 1. Situated on the opposite side of the earth (or another body). 2. Diametrically opposite or completely opposite. ETYMOLOGY: Via Latin from Greek antipodes (literally, those having the feet opposite), plural of antipous, from anti- (opposite) + pous (foot). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ped- (foot) which gave us peccadillo (alluding to a stumble or fall), pedal, impeccable, podium, octopus, and impeach. USAGE: "Paris was the starting point and the antipodal points I had to pass through were Madrid and Wellington." Brian McIver; Ukraine to USA: the World is Just Too Vast to Grasp at 13mph; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); May 16, 2009. "The antipodal views between Stephan and Yanik regarding how to fight against their common enemy makes for the crux of the play. Stephan is headstrong and vocal while Yanik is soft-person, loving, and peaceful, although both fight against the oppression." Justice in the Barrel; The Kathmandu Post (Nepal); Feb 2, 2009. Explore "antipodal" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. -Oscar Wilde, writer (1854-1900)

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