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Jan 23, 2009 This week's theme Words from Obama This week's words cohere syncretic endemic abrogate sui generis Today's word in Visual Thesaurus Next week's theme Latin terms in English AWAD Premium An ad-free, paid edition of AWAD. Subscribe yourself or send a gift subscription. Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg sui generis PRONUNCIATION: (soo-ee/eye JEN-uhr-is) MEANING: adjective: Of its own kind; unique. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sui (of its own) + generis (kind). USAGE: "Time: What's the best piece of advice that you've gotten from someone about being President?" Obama: Well, precisely because it's sui generis, the only people that really know are the collection of ex-Presidents we have." The Interview; Time (New York); Dec 29, 2008. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Thank everyone who calls out your faults, your anger, your impatience, your egotism; do this consciously, voluntarily. -Jean Toomer, poet and novelist (1894-1967)

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