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A.Word.A.Day--facile facile (FAS-il, -yl) adjective Easy; simple; superficial; fluent. [From Middle French, from Latin facilis, from facere (to do). Ultimately from Indo-European root dhe (to set or put) which is also the source of do, deed, factory, fashion, face, rectify, defeat, sacrifice, satisfy, and many other words.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. "But he (Cole Porter) was always a little too facile for the critics, a little too elegant for the masses." Stephen Whitty; Composer's Biopic Rates a Lump of Cole; Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey); Jul 2, 2004. "(Thomas) Keneally is a facile writer, a solid, nuts-and-bolts professional. His prose is always supple, and he can turn a phrase." Patrick Kurp; Read the Book or Wait For Movie?; Houston Chronicle (Texas); Jun 18, 2004. This week's theme: words to describe people. X-Bonus Revenge has no more quenching effect on emotions than salt water has on thirst. -Walter Weckler

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