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This week's theme Words made using combining forms. This week's words orthography coprolite iatrogenic misoneism callipygian Today's word in Visual Thesaurus Internet Anagram Server I, Rearrangement Servant May I try your name? Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg misoneism PRONUNCIATION: (mis-uh-NEE-izm) MEANING: noun: A hatred or fear of change or innovation. ETYMOLOGY: From Italian misoneismo, from Greek miso- (hate) + neos (new). Ultimately from the Indo-European root newo- (new) that also gave us new, neo-, neon, novice, novel, novelty, innovate, and renovate. USAGE: "The prevailing attitude was therefore one of extreme conservatism: may I indeed say of misoneism?" Expanding Trade, Changing Ways of Life-Conclusions; Addis Tribune (Ethiopia); May 15, 1998. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Roads endure longer than pyramids. -Karol Bunsch, novelist (1898-1987)

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