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A.Word.A.Day--recreant Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio recreant (REK-ree-uhnt) adjective 1. Unfaithful or disloyal to a belief, duty, or cause. 2. Craven or cowardly. noun 1. A faithless or disloyal person. 2. A coward. [Middle English, from Old French, present participle of recroire, to remember, from Medieval Latin recredere, to yield, pledge : Latin re-, re- + Latin credere, to believe.] "Tyler, seeking a less imperial president and a stronger states' rights policy, joined a small group of Jacksonians who deserted the fold and eventually became known as southern states' rights Whigs. In 1836, the Jacksonian-controlled Virginia legislature demanded and secured the recreant's senatorial resignation." Tyler, John, The Reader's Companion to American History, 1 Jan 1991. This week's theme: words not to put on a resume. X-Bonus Love your enemies because they bring out the best in you. -Friedrich Nietzsche

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