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This week's theme Words with no repeating letters This week's words quodlibet epistolary schwerpunkt gramineous overslaugh Today's word in Visual Thesaurus AWAD Premium An ad-free, paid edition of AWAD. Subscribe yourself or send a gift subscription. Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg epistolary PRONUNCIATION: (i-PIS-tuh-ler-ee) MEANING: adjective: 1. Of or relating to letters. 2. Composed of letters (as a literary work). ETYMOLOGY: From Latin epistola (letter), from Greek epistole (something sent), from epi- (upon, over, on) + stellein (to send). Ultimately from the Indo-European root stel- (to put or stand) that is also the source of stallion, stilt, install, gestalt, stout, and pedestal. USAGE: "Case in point: Griffin & Sabine, Nick Bantock's epistolary novels told entirely through extravagantly illustrated postcards and letters tucked into envelopes contained in the book." Jennie Yabroff; Love on the Blocks; Newsweek (New York); Mar 2, 2009. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: "Faith" is a fine invention / For gentlemen who see -- / But microscopes are prudent / In an emergency. -Emily Dickinson, poet (1830-1886)

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