14 December 2012

apposite

[ap-uh-zit, uh-poz-it]

adjective

– suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt: e.g. ‘an apposite answer’.

Origin:

1615–25; < Latin appositus added to, put near (past participle of appōnere ), equivalent to ap- ap-1 + positus placed ( posi- place + -tus past participle suffix)

Related forms

ap·po·site·ly, adjective.
ap·po·site·ness, noun.
un·ap·po·site, adjective.
un·ap·po·site·ly, adverb.
un·ap·po·site·ness, noun.

Example sentence:

‘The term ” lifeless pallor ” seems very apposite’.

Today’s aphorism

‘Feed the poor and get rich or feed the rich and get poor.’

– Colonel Harlan Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken.

On this day

14 December 1972 – The last men to walk on the moon are Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan during the Apollo 17 mission. In all, 12 men walked on the moon between 1969 and 1972.

14 December 2008 – Muntadhar al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist, throws his shoes at US President George W. Bush who was in a press-conference in Iraq.