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Jan 30, 2013 This week's theme There's a word for it This week's words overmorrow filipendulous paresthesia armscye onomastics Follow us on Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg paresthesia or paraesthesia PRONUNCIATION: (par-uhs-THEE-zhuh, -zhee-) MEANING: noun: A sensation of pricking, tingling, burning, etc. on the skin. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek para- (at, beyond) + aisthesis (sensation or perception). Ultimately from the Indo-European root au- (to perceive) that also gave us audio, audience, audit, auditorium, anesthesia, aesthetic, anesthetic, esthesia, synesthesia, and obey. Earliest documented use: 1848. USAGE: "Cronk muttered to himself, wiggling his right foot in an effort to relieve the paresthesia." Bruce Banta; A Dead Man's Chest; Xlibris; 2011. Explore "paresthesia" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful looks. -Charles Dickens, novelist (1812-1870)

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