This week's theme
There's a word for it

This week's words
gelasin
sprezzatura
polylemma
schadenfreude
palimpsest

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(spret-sah-TOOR-uh)

MEANING:

noun: Doing (or giving the appearance of doing) something effortlessly; effortless grace; nonchalance.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Italian. Earliest documented use: 1957.

USAGE:

"Norris is a man always in equipoise, a living illustration of the art of sprezzatura. No one has ever seen him ruffled."
Hilary Mantel; Bring Up the Bodies; Henry Holt; 2012.

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