Posted on 05/19/2010 5:45:52 AM PDT by VRWCmember
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
translucent • \trans-LOO-sunt\ • adjective 
1. not transparent but clear enough to allow light to pass through *
2. free from disguise or falseness
* Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence
Example sentence:
The translucent window glass gave us enough daylight to work without allowing people standing outside to see in.
Did you know?
Look closely and you will see the same three letters in "translucent" and "elucidate," letting the family relationship between the two words shine through. Both terms descend from the Latin word "lucēre," meaning "to shine." ("Translucent" is from "lucēre" plus "trans-," which means "through.") When you "elucidate" something, you make it clear by explaining it in a way that can be easily understood -- you "shed light on" it. "Lucēre" is also the root of another bright and shining English word, "lucid," which can mean either "bright with light" or "clear and easy to understand."
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)
Yes. When it’s too crazy for me, you know it’s crazy....
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
Morning all
when bambi doesn’t have a teleprompter in front of him, and has to wing it, he takes forEVER to answer a question...
Sweet!
Good Morning Texasgirl.
those Arizonians have some stones......good for them.
How were the pancakes?
I have a busy day.....no time for TV today....I get my new glasses in a few minutes. I got home at five a.m. from my all nighter....got some sleep, then worked out, now off to the eyedoc, then lunch, then I might be back OR I might go off in search of a new book to read. I finished two books last night.
They were pretty good if I do say so myself. Made from scratch, not some prepared mix out of a box.
did you hear our President today say, “who you walk with defines who you are”... hahahahahaha..... really?? applies only selectively.
Busy lady
I tuned him out...
Obama's chickens are coming home, to roost.
X Rays are the ultimate in translucence... ‘cept for the whole Lead Lined necessitated clothing thing.
Shouldn’t that have been WHOM you walk with with whom the object of with? Do you mean to tell me that a graduate of Columbia and Harvard doesn’t know how to use whom?
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