7 July 2013
ajar
[uh-jahr]
adjective, adverb
– either entirely open nor entirely shut; partly open: ‘He kept the door ajar with a jar’.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English on char on the turn; see a-1 , char3
Dictionary.com Unabridged
a·jar2 [uh-jahr] Show IPA
adverb, adjective
in contradiction to; at variance with: a story ajar with the facts.
Origin:
1545–55; for at jar at discord; cf. jar3 (noun)
Today’s aphorism
‘Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent’.
― Dionysius of Halicarnassus
On this day
7 July 2007 – The New 7 Wonders Foundation officially declares a new ‘Seven Wonders of the World’ list:
- The Great Wall of China
- Petra, Jordan (a city carved into rock)
- Christ Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Machu Picchu, Peru
- Chichén Itzá Pyramid, Mexico
- Roman Colisseum, Italy
- Taj Mahal, Indian
The Original Seven Wonders of the World were:
- Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
- Statue of Zeus, Olympia, Greece
- Mausoleum of Maussollos at Hallicarnassus
- Colossus of Rhodes
- Lighthouse of Alexandria