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A.Word.A.Day--pelf Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio pelf (pelf) noun Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired. [Middle English, from Medieval Latin pelfra, pelfa, probably from Old French pelfre.] "Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self." Sir Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel. This week's theme: words that sprout other words when beheaded. X-Bonus It is difficult to begin without borrowing, but perhaps it is the most generous course thus to permit your fellow-men to have an interest in your enterprise. -Henry David Thoreau [Walden]

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