3 April 2014

nemesis

[nem-uh-sis]

noun, plural nem·e·ses [nem-uh-seez]

1. something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.: The performance test proved to be my nemesis.
2. an opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome.
3. (initial capital letter) Classical Mythology . the goddess of divine retribution.
4. an agent or act of retribution or punishment.

Origin:
< Latin < Greek némesis literally, a dealing out, verbid of némein to dispense (justice); see -sis

Synonyms
1. Waterloo. 4. downfall, undoing, ruin, Waterloo.

Anagram

seems in

Today’s aphorism

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

– Jean-Paul Sartre

On this day

3 April 1973 – the world’s first mobile phone call is made from a Manhattan street corner, by Motorola’s Martin Cooper to his rival, Joel Engel from Bell.

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