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Dec 24, 2024
This week’s themeNo el This week’s words disject equative zygomorphic excubant forswunk Photo: Mad Paws
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PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
adjective: Expressing identity or a degree of comparison. noun: A case in some languages indicating equivalence or similarity between two things. ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin aequare (to make equal). Earliest documented use: 1913.
USAGE:
“‘That behavior becomes very normalized for them because of the environment
that they’re in, because everyone’s doing it,’ [Lori Goins] said. ‘It’s
almost equative to an ER doctor, where everything is intense and in crisis.’” Amy Bartner; Why One of the City’s Top Bartenders Stopped Drinking; Indianapolis Star (Indiana); Apr 16, 2017. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Where it is a duty to worship the sun, it is pretty sure to be a crime to
examine the laws of heat. -John Morley, statesman and writer (24 Dec
1838-1923)
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