11 April 2014

expatiate

[ik-spey-shee-eyt]

verb (used without object), ex·pa·ti·at·ed, ex·pa·ti·at·ing.

1. to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion: to expatiate upon a theme.
2. Archaic. to move or wander about intellectually, imaginatively, etc., without restraint.

Origin:
1530–40; < Latin expatiātus past participle of ex ( s ) patiārī to wander, digress, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + spatiārī to walk about, derivative of spatium space; see -ate1

Related forms
ex·pa·ti·a·tion, noun
ex·pa·ti·a·tor, noun

Anagram

a pate exit
tie at apex

Today’s aphorism

To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.

– Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth

On this day

11 April 1979 – Ugandan President Idi Amin (Dada) is ousted when Tanzanian rebels sieze power. Amin flees to Libya and eventually settles in Saudi Arabia. Amin had been responsible for ethnic cleansing, killing an estimated 80,000 to 300,000 people.

11 April 1981 – Riots in Brixton, South London commence following the arrest of a black man. On a day known as ‘Black Saturday’, up to 5,000 youths confront police and run riot through the streets, looting, throwing petrol bombs, burning hundreds of cars and buildings, and injuring hundreds of people. Police arrested 82 people.