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Jan 15, 2013 This week's theme Words derived from bodily fluids This week's words sang-froid lymphatic seminal salivate melancholy Have your say in our discussion forum Wordsmith Talk Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg lymphatic PRONUNCIATION: (lim-FAT-ik) MEANING: adjective: 1. Sluggish; lacking energy. 2. Of or relating to lymph. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lympha (lymph, water). Formerly it was believed that an excess of lymph in the system resulted in sluggishness. Earliest documented use: 1649. USAGE: "The day has been a real lazy one and I have felt lymphatic accordingly." Thomas Worthington King; Journal of a Voyage Around the World; The Ohio State University Press; 2003. Explore "lymphatic" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. -Elie Wiesel, writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1928)

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