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Word.A.Day with Anu and you deus ex machina PRONUNCIATION: (DAY-uhs eks MAH-kuh-nuh, -nah, MAK-uh-nuh) MEANING: noun: An unexpected or improbable person or event that saves a seemingly hopeless situation. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin deus ex machina, deus (god) + ex (from) + machina (machine), loan translation of Greek theos apo mekhanes. Earliest documented use: 1697. ______________________________________________ add S deus'sex machina - you wish
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debs ex machina: Stepford Wives
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Dems ex machina - any two Tammany politicians (or Deux ex machina - Richard Daley and Richard Daley Jr, if you prefer Chicago politics)
Deus en machina - the cult of Jobs
Deus ex Bachina - the B-minor Mass, or any of several other out-of-this-world masterpieces
Deus ex mochina - choco-latte (Heavenly-flavored, of course)
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Pay-us ex machina - an ATM Say-us ex machina - a "speak-your-weight" machine Lay-us ex machina - let's not go there! Ray-us ex machina - a sun bed Way-us ex machina - a Sat-Nav X-Ray-us ex machina - as used in Hospitals an Dental surgeries *at vast expense!)
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magnanimous
PRONUNCIATION: (mag-NAN-i-muhs)
MEANING: adjective: Generous or forgiving, especially towards a weak rival.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin magnanimus (great-souled), from magnus (great) + animus (soul, mind). Ultimately from the Indo-European root meg- (great), which also gave us magnificent, maharaja, master, mayor, maestro, magnate, magistrate, maximum, magnify, mahatma, magisterial, mickle, and hermetic. Earliest documented use: 1547. __________________________________________
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MAGNANIMOUSE- a mouse who forgives the cat's bad manners
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MAŅANIMOUS - Inclined not to do today what can be put off to tomorrow...
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