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Feb 26, 2007 This week's theme There is a word for it This week's words misology virga incunabulum omphaloskepsis paraph Roll the dice Get a random word from A.Word.A.Day archives Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg misology Little strokes make a letter and those letters come together to form words. We assign meanings to the words. Often they express simple ideas: tree, rock, water, and so on. Sometimes a word describes a more complex idea. Have you ever found yourself wondering, "Wouldn't it be nice if there were a word for it?" Well, there is a word for almost everything under the sun. This week we have dug up five words you may not have known existed. misology (mi-SOL-uh-jee) noun Hatred of logic or reason. [From Greek miso- (hate) + -logy (science, study).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. "Fletcher laughed. 'Your coyness smacks of misology. Sinking back down to that dark place within yourself, the one that you tried so desperately to suffocate.'" Chris Mooney; Deviant Ways; Atria; 2000. X-Bonus One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person. -William Feather, author, editor and publisher (1889-1981)

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