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Allusionist 35: Word of the Day

May 1, 2016 The Allusionist

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Open up a dictionary, and you'll find the history of human behaviour, the key to your own psychological state, and a lot of fun words about cats. Dictionary.com's Renae Hurlbutt and Jane Solomon lead the way.

Open up a dictionary, and you'll find the history of human behaviour, the key to your own psychological state, and a lot of fun words about cats.

Dictionary.com's Renae Hurlbutt and Jane Solomon lead the way.

READ ALL ABOUT IT:

  • For your daily dose of etymology, subscribe to the Word of the Day at Dictionary.com.

  • You’ll be interested in Jane Solomon’s blog about words, Lexical Items.

  • Read more about the etymology of ‘bully’ here and here.

  • This is a simple summary of the Defenestrations of Prague. There’s a lot going on with the Defenestrations of Prague.

  • Why does the internet love cats so much? (I do not. If there’s a plugin that’ll block pictures of cats from my Facebook and Instagram feeds, please tell me.)

  • There's a transcript of this episode at theallusionist.org/transcripts/word-of-the-day.

RANDOMLY SELECTED WORD FROM THE DICTIONARY: 
misprision

CREDITS:

  • Renae Hurlbutt writes and curates Dictionary.com's Word of the Day, which is often edited by lexicographer Jane Solomon.

  • This episode was produced by me, Helen Zaltzman, with music by Martin Austwick.

See you again in two weeks, fellow gapeseeds,

- HZ

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