11 September 2014

peripatetic

[per-uh-puh-tet-ik]

adjective

1. walking or traveling about; itinerant.
2. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to Aristotle, who taught philosophy while walking in the Lyceum of ancient Athens.
3. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Aristotelian school of philosophy.
noun
4. a person who walks or travels about.
5. (initial capital letter) a member of the Aristotelian school.

Origin

late Middle English Latin Greek
1400-1450; late Middle English < Latin peripatēticus < Greek peripatētikós of Aristotle and his school, literally, walking about, equivalent to peripatē- (verbid stem of peripateîn to walk about, equivalent to peri- peri- + pateîn to walk; akin to path ) + -tikos -tic

Related forms

peripatetically, adverb
peripateticism [per-uh-puh-tet-uh-siz-uh m], noun

Synonyms

1. wandering, roving; vagrant.
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Anagram

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Today’s quote

We already had success in creating a democratic, national government that is revolutionary and popular. That is how socialism begins, not with decrees.

―Salvador Allende

On this day

11 September 1297 – William Wallace leads Scottish forces to victory against the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.

11 September 1941 – construction of the Pentagon commences in Washington DC. (Completed on 15 January 1943).

11 September 1948 – death of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the father of Pakistan. Leader of the Muslim League calling for the creation of Pakistan. Served as Pakistan’s first Governor-General from 15 August 1947 until his death.

11 September 1972 – Democratically elected President Salvador Allende of Chilé, is overthrown in a U.S. sponsored coup which brings to power General Augusto Pinochet. The Church Committee, commissioned by the U.S. Department of State to investigate covert C.I.A. operations in Chilé, found that Henry Kissinger had directed the C.I.A. to prevent the socialist Allende from being elected, then to undermine his presidency, before supplying arms to a military junta which succeeded in overthrowing Allendé. Thousands of people died or disappeared under Pinochet’s rule, with approximately 40,000 suffering human rights violations, including torture.

11 September 1987 – death of Peter Tosh, Jamaican reggae singer and musician. From 1963 to 1974, Tosh was a member of Bob Marley and Wailers until going solo. His most famous song is ‘Legalize It’, about legalising marijuana. Tosh’s album, ‘Bush Doctor’, included a duet with Mick Jagger in the song, ‘Don’t Look Back’. Tosh was a Rastafarian. He campaigned against apartheid, which he sang about on his album ‘Equal Rights’. Tosh was murdered on 11 September 1987, after three men broke into his house and tortured him in an effort to extort money. After several hours, one of the men shot Tosh in the head, killing him. Two other friends of Tosh’s were also killed. Born 19 October 1944.

11 September 2001 – 9/11 Terrorist attacks in which four commercial airliners were hijacked by Al Qaeda terrorists. Two planes hit the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York City, one plane hit the Pentagon in Washington DC and one crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after passengers fought with the hijackers. Approximately, 3,000 people died in the attacks.

10 September 2014

posit

[poz-it]

verb (used with object)

1. to place, put, or set.
2. to lay down or assume as a fact or principle; postulate.
noun
3. something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.

Origin
Latin
1640-1650; < Latin positus, past participle of pōnere to place, put
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2014.

Examples from the web for posit

So let me posit something equally fair.
What I’m saying is, posit your conclusions as questions to the group.
Other scientists posit information as a basic building block of the universe, like energy and matter.

Anagram

I stop
Pi sot

Today’s aphorism

Someday, somewhere – anywhere, unfailingly, you’ll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.

― Pablo Neruda

On this day

10 September – World Suicide Prevention Day.

10 September 1945 – birth of José Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer/musician.

7 September 2014

peroration

[per-uh-rey-shuh n]

noun

1. a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language.
2. Rhetoric. the concluding part of a speech or discourse, in which the speaker or writer recapitulates the principal points and urges them with greater earnestness and force.
Origin
late Middle English Latin
1400-1450; late Middle English < Latin perōrātiōn- (stem of perōrātiō) the closing of a speech. See perorate, -ion
Related forms
perorational, perorative, adjective
peroratorical [puh-rawr-uh-tawr-i-kuh l, -ror-uh-tor-], adjective
peroratorically, adverb
peroratory [puh-rawr-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -ror-], noun
Can be confused
oration, peroration.
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Anagram

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pirate over

Today’s aphorism

Get busy living, or get busy dying.

– Stephen King

On this day

7 September 1876 – birth of C.J. Dennis, Australian poet (Songs of a Sentimental Bloke). Died 22 June 1938.

7 September 1936 – birth of Charles Hardin Holley, otherwise known as Buddy Holly. 1950s rock star, famous for songs such as ‘Peggy Sue’ and ‘That’ll be the day’. Died in a plane crash on 3 February 1959 with other musicians, Richie Valens, J.P. ‘Big Bopper’ Richardson and the pilot, Roger Peterson. Their deaths were immortalised in the Don McLean song, ‘American Pie’, when he sang about the day the music died.

7 September 1978 – death of Keith Moon, British musician, drummer for ‘The Who’.

6 September 2014

pugilist

[pyoo-juh-list]

noun

1. a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.

Origin
Latin
1780-1790; < Latin pugil (see pugilism ) + -ist
Related forms
pugilistic, adjective
pugilistically, adverb
unpugilistic, adjective
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2014.

Examples from the web for pugilist
But, it graphically characterizes the pugilist as to type.
Yet so far she has proved to be no great shakes as a pugilist.
All you need to do is roughly align your ambulant pugilist with a human punching bag, then let loose on him.

Word Origin and History for pugilist
n. 1789, from Latin pugil “boxer, fist-fighter,” related to pugnus “a fist” (see pugnacious ) + -ist. Related: Pugilistic (1789); pugilistically. Pugil occasionally turns up in English as “boxer, fist-fighter” (from 1640s), but it has not caught on. Pugil stick (1962) was introduced by U.S. military as a substitute for rifles in bayonet drills.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Anagram

Pi guilts
I gulp its

Today’s quote

Not the torturer will scare me, nor the body’s final fall, nor the barrels of death’s rifles, nor the shadows on the wall, nor the night when to the ground the last dim star of pain, is hurled but the blind indifference of a merciless, unfeeling world.

– Roger Waters

On this day

6 September 1819 – the lathe patented by Thomas Blanchard.

6 September 1919 – death of Worm Pander, sculptor. (Born 20 June 1864).

6 September 1930 – Democratically elected Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen overthrown by fascist and conservative forces. Hipólito was affectionately known as ‘el peludo‘ (the Hairy Armadillo) because of his introverted character. A revolutionary, left-wing politician, Hipólito was also known as the ‘Father of the Poor’. He was twice president (1916-1922 and 1928-1930). He introduced numerous important social reforms, becoming a hero to the working class, including compulsory male suffrage, a rise in the standard of living for Argentina’s working class, improvements in factory conditions, regulation of working hours, compulsory pensions and universally accessible public education system.

6 September 1943 – birth of Roger Waters, bassist and vocalist for Pink Floyd.

5 September 2014

concord

[kon-kawrd, kong-]

noun

1. agreement between persons, groups, nations, etc.; concurrence in attitudes, feelings, etc.; unanimity; accord:
There was complete concord among the delegates.
2. agreement between things; mutual fitness; harmony.
3. Grammar, agreement (def 6).
4. peace; amity.
5. a treaty; compact; covenant.
6. Music. a stable, harmonious combination of tones; a chord requiring no resolution.

Origin

Middle English, Old French, Latin
1250-1300; Middle English concorde < Old French < Latin concordia, equivalent to concord- (stem of concors) harmonious ( con- con- + cord-, stem of cors heart ) + -ia -ia

Related forms

concordal, adjective
Synonyms
4. harmony, goodwill, friendship.

Antonyms
4. ill will, animosity.

Anagram

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Today’s aphorism

As you go through life, you’ve got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.

– Neil Young

On this day

5 September – Freddie for a Day. Dress up as Freddie Mercury for the day. FFOD is the brainchild of Liz Swanton and raises money for the Mercury Phoenix Trust. The MPT was founded in 1992, following Freddie Mercury’s death, and helps AIDS charities throughout the world. To participate or find out more, go to: http://www.freddieforaday.com.au or http://www.freddieforaday.com

5 September 1689 – Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, starts taxing men’s beards. He wasn’t the first to do this however. In 1535, King Henry VIII also taxed beards and Queen Elizabeth I reintroduced the tax later that century.

5 September 1847 – birth of Jesse James, U.S. outlaw. (Died 3 April 1882).

5 September 1877 – death of Crazy Horse, Sioux Chief (not to be confused with a Sous Chef … or an 1960′s rock band of the same name, who teamed up with a crazy hippy named Neil Young). Born around 1840 (Chief Crazy Horse that is, not Neil Young).

5 September 1939 – United States declares its neutrality in the Second World War.

5 September 1946 – birth of Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara) on Zanzibar. British musician and vocalist. Lead singer of rock group, Queen. Died 24 November 1991.

5 September 1997 – death of Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) in Yugoslavia, winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work in the slums of Calcutta.

4 September 2014

grueling

[groo-uh-ling, groo-ling]

adjective

1. exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe:
the grueling Boston marathon.
noun
2. any trying or exhausting procedure or experience.

Also, especially British, gruelling.
Origin
1850-1855; slang gruel punishment (noun), punish (v.) + -ing2, -ing1

Related forms

gruelingly, adverb
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Examples for grueling

– The grueling schedule that many doctors go through to train as specialists is about to ease.
– They put themselves through grueling marathons of public scrutiny.
– Business travel is grueling enough without having to put up with someone you don’t know well for the entire evening.

Anagram

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Today’s aphorism

So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to
tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote
themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put
shackles upon sleeping men.

– Voltaire.

On this day

4 September 1937 – birth of Dawn Fraser AO MBE, Australian swimming legend. Won Olympic gold medals in 1956, 1960 and 1964, as well as a number of silver medals.

4 September 2006 – death of Steve Irwin, ‘The Crocodile Hunter’, Australian wildlife expert and television personality. (Born 22 February 1962).

3 September 2014

insatiable

[in-sey-shuh-buh l, -shee-uh-]

adjective
1. not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased:
insatiable hunger for knowledge.

Origin

late Middle English Latin
1400-1450; late Middle English insaciable < Latin insatiābilis; see in-3, satiable
Related forms

insatiability, insatiableness, noun
insatiably, adverb

Synonyms

voracious, unquenchable, bottomless.

Examples for insatiable

– These insatiable fish will also prey upon one another.
– It is a world driven by insatiable gadget lust and no small amount of money.
– Addiction is an insatiable drive to use a drug because of the pleasure it affords and the side effects of craving that pleasure.

Anagram

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Today’s aphorism

Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.

– Anthony Burgess

On this day

3 September 1901 – Australian national flag flies for the first time. The Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne has the honours. 3 September is celebrated each year as Australia’s National Flag Day.

3 September 1939 – Britain declares war on Germany.

3 September 1970 – death of Alan Wilson from barbiturate poisoning. It’s unclear whether his death was accidental or suicide. American guitarist and singer-songwriter for Canned Heat. He was 27. His death occurred two weeks before the death of Jimi Hendrix and four weeks before the death of Janis Joplin. Born 4 July 1943.