27 February 2014

tyro

[tahy-roh]

noun, plural ty·ros.

– a beginner in learning anything; novice.

Also, tiro.

Origin:
1605–15; < Latin tīrō recruit

Related forms
ty·ron·ic [tahy-ron-ik] Show IPA , adjective

Synonyms
neophyte, learner.

Anagram

Troy

Today’s aphorism

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

– Mark Twain

On this day

27 February 1922 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, giving women the right to vote.

27 February 1951 – the Twenty-Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, stating that ‘no person shall be elected to the office of President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once’.

27 February 1964 – the Italian government states that the Leaning Tower of Pisa is in danger of collapsing. It asks for international assistance in stabilising the Tower. Stabilisation work commenced in 1998 and concluded in 2003.