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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--catamaran This week's theme: words borrowed from other languages. catamaran (kat-uh-muh-RAN) noun 1. A boat with two parallel hulls, joined by a frame. 2. A quarrelsome person, especially a woman. [From Tamil kattumaram, from kattu (to tie) + maram (tree, wood). Tamil is spoken in Tamilnadu, a state in southern India and in Sri Lanka. It has about 70 million speakers.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "'I'm convinced my catamaran, which is larger than Ellen MacArthur's, can complete the course in 70 days,' [Tony] Bullimore said." British Yachtsman Bullimore Sets Out on World Record Attempt; dpa German Press Agency; May 1, 2007. "No, madam, it was your turn to bully me once -- now it's mine, and I use it. No, you old catamaran, though you pretend you never read novels." William Makepeace Thackeray; Lovel the Widower; Harper's; 1860. X-Bonus The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think. -Malcolm De Chazal, writer and painter (1902-1981)

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