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A.Word.A.Day--scullion Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio scullion (SKUL-yen) noun 1. A kitchen servant who does menial work. 2. A low or contemptible person. [Middle English sculyon, probably from Old French escouvillon, dishcloth, diminutive of escouve, broom, from Latin scopa, branches, broom.] "The old cook enraged, The scullion gone wild." W.B. Yeats, The Wild Swans at Coole, 1919. This week's theme: words to describe people. X-Bonus I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia. -Woody Allen, author, actor (1935- )

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