10 February 2015

animadvert

[an-uh-mad-vurt]

verb (used without object)
1. to comment unfavorably or critically (usually followed by on or upon):
to animadvert at length upon his faulty use of English.
verb (used with object)
2. Obsolete. to take cognizance or notice of.

Origin

Latin

1630-1640; < Latin animadvertere to heed, censure, equivalent to anim (um), accusative of animus (see animus ) + advertere to advert

Related forms
animadverter, noun

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Today’s aphorism

You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.

– Cormac McCarthy, The Road

On this day

10 February 1837 – death of Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet and author of the romantic era. Considered the father of modern Russian literature. He was born into Russian nobility. His matrilineal great grandfather, Abram Gannibal, was brought over as a slave from Africa and had risen to the aristocracy. Died during a duel. Born on 6 June 1799. His birthday is recognised by the UN as Russian Language Day.

10 February 1898 – birth of Bertolt Brecht, German playwright, writer and theatre practitioner.

10 February 1992 – death of Alex Haley, U.S. author of ‘Roots‘, ‘Malcolm X‘. (Born 1921).

10 February 2014 – death of Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer and former U.S. ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. Born 23 April 1928.