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Sunday 1st, JULY 2018
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TODAY’S WORD: IVY

It is a NOUN

PRONUNCIATION: \ ˈī-vē \

MEANING:

: a widely cultivated ornamental climbing or prostrate or sometimes shrubby chiefly Eurasian vine (Hedera helix) of the ginseng family with evergreen leaves, small yellowish flowers, and black berries

: any of several climbing plants (such as Virginia creeper) resembling ivy; especially : poison ivy

: often capitalized : an Ivy League college

Definition of ivy for Students

1 : a climbing vine with evergreen leaves and black berries often found growing on buildings

2 : a climbing plant that resembles ivy

Origin and Etymology of ivy

from the prevalence of ivy-covered buildings on the campuses of older U.S. colleges

First Known Use: 1933



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Ever wondered what the oldest words in English Language are? Wonder No more, as they are words you probably use in your daily communication.

Our Throw Back word Today is the word "I"

The word I is the ultimate personal pronoun, referring to oneself. We date this word all the way back to before the year 900, and it makes sense because we're sure humans needed ways to refer to themselves (as opposed to their mother, brother, husband, child). Self-identity was and always will be important.

Plus, if you want to get all metaphysical about it, I also refers to your ego. Who wouldn't want to take credit for hunting that huge deer that fed the entire community?

Very Familiar word. But what does it mean?

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Did You Know That...
Historically, anathema can be considered a one-word oxymoron. When it first appeared in English in 1526, it was used to refer to something accursed. Shortly thereafter, however, people also began to use it to refer to something consecrated to divine use—generally a good thing. Why the contradiction? Anathema comes from Greek, where it initially meant "anything devoted" and later "anything devoted to evil." The "consecrated to divine use" sense of anathema comes from that earlier Greek use but is not widely used today.

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WORD HISTORY OF ANATHEMA!
The Greek root of anathema originally meant simply “a thing devoted” or “an offering,” and in the Old Testament it could refer to either revered objects or objects representing destruction brought about in the name of the Lord, such as the weapons of an enemy. Since the enemy’s objects therefore became symbols of what was reviled or unholy, the neutral meaning of “a thing devoted” became “a thing devoted to evil” or “curse.”

In Latin, it could refer to both an excommunication and the person who has been excommunicated.

In the early Church, anathema was used interchangeably with excommunication and to refer to unrepentant heretics. It then came to mean the severest form of excommunication in official church writings. When the authority of Rome was split in the Great Schism between Eastern and Western churches in 1054, an anathema was issued by Rome against the Eastern Patriarch who then issued another one against the cardinal who delivered it.

WORD OF THE DAY
Monday 15th, May 2017
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TODAY’S WORD: anathema
It is a Noun

PRONUNCIATION: anath•e•ma \ə-ˈna-thə-mə\

MEANING:
i. one that is cursed by ecclesiastical authority b : someone or something intensely disliked or loathed —usually used as a predicate nominative… this notion was anathema to most of his countrymen.
ii. a ban or curse solemnly pronounced by ecclesiastical authority and accompanied by excommunication b : the denunciation of something as accursed c : a vigorous denunciation : CURSE

Examples of ANATHEMA in a sentence
1. Maugham was not only prolific but also a best-seller, though snobs dismissed his work as middlebrow (a category that few people worry about in our day but that once was anathema
2. While everything pointed to an immense flood, Bretz knew such a notion would be anathema to his fellow geologists. In part that was because the quantity of water needed for such a flood would exceed the flow of all the world's modern rivers combined.

ANATHEMA Synonyms
curse, ban, execration, imprecation, malediction, malison, winze [Scottish]

Antonyms
benediction, benison, blessing

Origin and Etymology of ANATHEMA
Late Latin anathemat-, anathema, from Greek, thing devoted to evil, curse, from anatithenai to set up, dedicate, from ana- + tithenai to place, set .

First Known Use: 1582

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WORD OF THE DAY
Sunday 14th, May 2017
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TODAY’S WORD: ampullaceous
It is an Adjective

PRONUNCIATION: am•pul•la•ceous

MEANING: resembling an ampulla : shaped like a flask or bladder

Origin and Etymology of AMPULLACEOUS
Latin ampullaceus, from ampulla + -aceus -aceous

First Known Use: 1776

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