7 September 2016

indicia

[in-dish-ee-uh]

plural noun, singular indicium.

1. a postal marking used rather than a stamp or a regular cancellation on each item in a large shipment of prepaid mail.
2. Often, indicium.
a printed message or instruction, especially one stamped on a package: an indicium of “bulk mail.”.
an indication or token.

Origin of indicia

1615-1625;Latin, plural of indicium indicium

indicium

[in-dish-ee-uh m]

noun, plural indicia [in-dish-ee-uh], indiciums.

1. indicia (def 2).

Origin

1615-25; Latin: disclosure, sign, indication, equivalent to indic (āre) to make known (see indicate ) + -ium -ium

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Historical Examples

They form the indicia to a people’s mission, and are our best guides to God’s purpose in creating us.
The Negro Problem
Booker T. Washington, et al.

Averages may be indicia of causation, but they are not themselves causes.
The Value of Money
Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.

He next tried to bring forward what might be called a number of indicia supporting his view.
The Science and Philosophy of the Organism
Hans Driesch

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The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

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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’. Born 23 August 1946.