This week’s theme
First words

This week’s words
paternoster
mittimus
gaudeamus
debenture
magnificat

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(gau-di-AHM-uhs)

MEANING:

noun: A convivial gathering or merry-making of students at a college or university.

ETYMOLOGY:

From the students’ song “De Brevitate Vitae” (On the Shortness of Life) whose first word is gaudeamus (let’s rejoice). Earliest documented use: 1823.

USAGE:

“I have apologized for not attending the Royal Society Club, who have a gaudeamus on this day.”
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott; Jan 1826.

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