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A.Word.A.Day--temblor temblor (TEM-bluhr) noun An earthquake. [From Spanish temblor (trembling), from temblar (to tremble), from Vulgar Latin tremulare, from Latin tremulus (tremulous), from tremere (to tremble).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus 3 (New). "The temblor measured 3 on the 7-point Japanese intensity scale in Naruse, and 2 and 1 in other parts of Miyagi prefecture." Moderate Quake Jolts Miyagi Pref.; Mainichi Daily News (Tokyo, Japan); Feb 5, 2005. "Powerful temblors rocked the city for more than 10 minutes afterwards." Survivors Adrift on Mounds of Debris; The Borneo Bulletin (Brunei); Feb 1, 2005. This week's theme: words borrowed from Spanish. X-Bonus Every cask smells of the wine it contains. -Spanish proverb

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