Posted on 11/01/2007 5:20:35 AM PDT by secret garden
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".
imbricate • \IM-brih-kut\ • adjective
Lying lapped over each other in regular order
Example sentence:
The antique mirror had tiny imbricate gold squares around its edge.
Etymology:
The ancient Romans knew how to keep the interior of their villas dry when it rained. They covered their roofs with overlapping curved tiles so the "imber" (Latin for "pelting rain" or "rain shower") couldn't seep in. The tiles were, in effect, "rain tiles," so the Romans called them "imbrices" (singular "imbrex"). The verb for installing the tiles was "imbricare," and English speakers used its past participle -- "imbricatus" -- to create "imbricate," which was first used as adjective meaning "overlapping (like roof tiles)" and later became a verb meaning "to overlap." .
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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
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Morning :)
Edgar Allen Poe wrote a story called "The Cask of Amontillado" in which a central character got imbricated.
we had eight, [8], ocho, [VIII] trick or treaters last night. how sad is that????
I’ve seen this word used in medical reports as in: “The shelving edge of Poupart’s ligament was imbricated and secured snugly with interrupted 2-0 Prolene.”
So, lots of full-sized leftovers, then?
tons. and small sized ones too. the dogs kept their costumes on all night long, surprisingly, and were a big hit with our eight [8], ocho, VIII trick or treaters. The little 2 yo girl from next door was kind of put off by Chanel who was up on her hind legs and nose to nose with her trying to lick the inside of her mouth. but we called off the vicious attack cavalier, and everything was fine.
I had cero. Of course I live at the end of a dead end dirt road in a trailer park out by the airport and surrounded by bean fields.
Not in a van down by the river?
they probably figure you for an ax murderer anyway!
Is Prolene absorbable? I wasn’t even going medical. A for you!
GMTA! I was just about to post that when I read CJ’s comment.
I know 2 year olds aren’t very tall but...how short was this kiddo to be nose-to-nose with perfume dog?
That’s great! But really. A strawberry?
don't know, maybe they wanted to color coordinate them? Target had great costumes, had we not already gotten chanel's cowgirl suit, we would have gotten her the HOT DOG costume!
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