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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--apposite apposite (AP-uh-zit, uh-POZ-it) adjective Highly appropriate; relevant; apt. [From Latin appositus, past participle of apponere (to put near), from ponere (to put). Ultimately from Indo-European root apo- (off or away) that is also the source of after, off, awkward, post, and puny.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. "It is apposite to address the matter of tuition fees at this stage." Higher Education Funding Report; The Malta Independent; Nov 14, 2004. This week's theme: words that appear to be misspellings. X-Bonus There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect. -G.K. Chesterton, essayist and novelist (1874-1936)

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