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Jul 18, 2014
This week's themeWords that appear to be misspellings This week's words vizard grogram secretory factitious proem This week's comments AWADmail 629 Next week's theme Toponyms ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Gargproem
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun: An introduction, preface, or preamble.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old French proeme, from Latin prooemium, from Greek prooimion,
from pro- (before) + oime (song). Earliest documented use: 1410.
USAGE:
"However, if one carries on reading beyond the proem and carefully examines
the main body ..." Eleni Kechagia; Plutarch Against Colotes; Oxford University Press; 2011. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
People hate as they love, unreasonably. -William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist (1811-1863)
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