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This week's theme Miscellaneous words. This week's words loquacious austral nugacity epiphenomenon fugacious Today's word in Visual Thesaurus Have you seen this book? Published by Plume (an imprint of Penguin Group) "Garg's latest little gem will be enjoyed by anyone with a thing for words, language and history." -Publisher's Weekly Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg epiphenomenon PRONUNCIATION: (ep-i-fuh-NOM-uh-non, nuhn) MEANING: noun: 1. A secondary phenomenon, one resulting from another. 2. An additional symptom appearing during the course of an illness, but not necessarily related to it. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek epi- (upon, after, over) + phainomenon (that which appears), from phainesthai (to appear). USAGE: "So if politics has become no more than a mere epiphenomenon of entertainment, a shadow play of a shadow play, why not go to the source?" Peter Biskind; When Worlds Collide; The Nation (New York); Apr 5, 1999. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. -Andre Gide, author, Nobel laureate (1869-1951)

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