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Jan 3, 2013 This week's theme "New" words This week's words numismatics nudiustertian nouveau pauvre pneumonic nugacity Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg pneumonic PRONUNCIATION: (noo-MON-ik, nyoo-) MEANING: adjective: 1. Of or relating to the lungs. 2. Relating to or affected by pneumonia. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek pneumon (lung). Ultimately from the Indo-European root pleu- (to flow), that is also the source of flow, float, flit, fly, flutter, pulmonary, pneumonia, pluvial, fletcher, and plutocracy. Earliest documented use: 1668. USAGE: "It seems your husband has been walking about with a pneumonic condition that has put a strain on his heart." Edward T. Slavin; The Matriarch; AuthorHouse; 2006. Explore "pneumonic" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: To be capable of embarrassment is the beginning of moral consciousness. Honor grows from qualms. -John Leonard, critic (1939-2008)

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