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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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
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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.