1 September 2013

soiree

[swah-rey]

noun

– an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose: a musical soiree.
Also, soi·rée.

Origin:
1810–20; < French, equivalent to Old French soir evening (< Latin sērō late (adv.), orig. ablative of sērus ) + -ée < Latin -āta, feminine of -ātus -ate1 ; cf. journey

Today’s aphorism

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

– Mother Teresa

On this day

1 September 1875 – birth of Edgar Rice Burroughs, American science fiction author: Tarzan, Mars series (on which the 2012 movie ‘John Carter‘ was based).

1 September 1939 – official commencement date of World War II, when Germany invaded Poland.