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This week's theme Words derived from birds This week's words columbarium pied roustabout crestfallen canard Today's word in Visual Thesaurus "A delightful, quirky collection" -The New York Times ISBN 978-0471230328 More reviews Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg crestfallen PRONUNCIATION: (KREST-fo-luhn) MEANING: adjective: Dispirited or disappointed by having one's hopes dashed. ETYMOLOGY: From allusion to the drooping crest or comb of a bird, such as a rooster. From Latin crista (tuft). USAGE: "With hands over her heart, Tatiana looked crestfallen. Some of us felt our hearts breaking because she was a really pretty girl." American Idol: Frisky Frisco; The New Straits Times (Malaysia); Jan 23, 2009. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The difference in mind between man and the higher animals, great as it is, certainly is one of degree and not of kind. -Charles Darwin, naturalist and author (1809-1882)

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