12 February 2014

apical

[ey-pi-kuhl, ap-i-]

adjective

1. of, at, or forming the apex.
2. Phonetics . (of a speech sound) articulated principally with the aid of the tip of the tongue, as t or d.

noun
3. Phonetics . an apical sound.
Origin:
1820–30; < Latin apic- (stem of apex ) apex + -al

Related forms
a·pi·cal·ly, adverb

Anagram

ail cap

Today’s aphorism

What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.

– Boris Pasternak

On this day

12 February 1809 – birth of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United State of America. Assassinated 15 April 1865.

12 February 1912 – the Last Emperor of China, Hsian-T’ung is forced to abdicate by republicans, ending 2000 years of imperial rule. The Republic of China formed on 1 January 1912, followed by the People’s Republic of China, which formed on 1 October 1949.

12 February 1983 – Legendary 1960′s folk duo, Simon and Garfunkel, play a reunion concert at VFL Park, Melbourne.