Word for the Day, Monday, July 21, 2014-- succor

7/21/14 | xs

[xsmommy]

Word For The Day, Monday, July 21, 2014 – succor; noun/verb

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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".

noun 1. help; relief; aid; assistance. 2. a person or thing that gives help, relief, aid, etc. verb (used with object) 3. to help or relieve. Also, especially British, suc·cour.

Origin: 1250–1300; (v.) Middle English sucuren < Old French suc ( c ) urre, socorre < Latin succurrere to go beneath, run to help, equivalent to suc- suc- + currere to run (see current); (noun) Middle English soc ( o ) ur, back formation from sucurs (taken as plural) < Old French < Medieval Latin succursus, equivalent to Latin succur ( rere ) + -sus, var of -tus suffix of v. action

Related forms suc·cor·a·ble, adjective suc·cor·er, noun non·suc·cor, noun un·suc·cor·a·ble, adjective un·suc·cored, adjective

Can be confused: succor, sucker.

[xsmommy]

Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

Here is my example with >> WFTD.

The Bubbaloon is succoring his "beloved wife" as she mulls a presidential run.

[xsmommy]

Sorry i am late, was an extremely hectic weekend. Lots of showering was going on.

[MrB]

You picked the wrong shell, succor!

[xsmommy]

you a tortoise?? A+++

[xsmommy]

xshub and i are going to Amelia Island for my birthday beach weekend on Weds.

[MrB]

[xsmommy]

awwww, shell game, i get it!!!

[MrB]

In my haste to get in early, I didn’t look for an explanatory image...

[xsmommy]

well consider the rest of them are tardy, you could have taken your time, it appears ; )

[SAJ]

Hey, wait a minute! Didn’t they just finish up the World Cup of Succor? Down in Brazil, wasn’t it?

[VRWCmember]

His performances in such films as "Support Your Local Sheriff" and "Support Your Local Gunfighter" and "Space Cowboys" or the TV series "Maverick" were always the perfect succor to overcome a bad mood; I was genuinely saddened to hear that James Garner had passed away. Legendary Actor James Garner Dead at 86

[VRWCmember]

There's a succor born every minute.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

When Monica’s lips went to pucker
Bill knew she’d provide him with succor
But he said to his wife
“I do swear on my life
I never, not once, tried to f*** her!”

[xsmommy]

Touche!!! A++++

[xsmommy]

A+++ just saw that, i only knew him from Rockford files, but he was great.

[xsmommy]

OMG LMAO!! A+++++

[xsmommy]

extra credit +

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Even I’m laughing, and I wrote it!

[xsmommy]

ROARING!

[tioga]

LMAO