Word For The Day, Thursday, January 12, 2012 - paregmenon

dictionaries ad nauseam | 12 January 2012 | Thursday's sub

[secret garden]

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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".

paregmenon \puh-REG-muh-non\ , noun
The juxtaposition of words that have a common derivation, as in “sense and sensibility.”

Example sentences:
Although as artificial as his use of traductio, this use of paregmenon at least reveals Sidney's ingenuity and wit.
-- Sherod M. Cooper, The Sonnets of Astrophel and Stella

The recurrence of the same word with a different inflection, as in the polyptoton, or of different words of the same origin, as in the paregmenon, draws attention to the word thus recurring, and adds somewhat to its logical worth.
-- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Philological Studies with English Illustrations

Etymology:
Paregmenon comes from the Greek word parēēgménon meaning "to bring side by side or derive."

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....

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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

WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!

[secret garden]

Rise and shine!

[xsmommy]

jag and jag-offery? ; )

[secret garden]

A for yinz.

[from occupied ga]

You got me! A word I never heard before.

[NicknamedBob]

I’d offer my wit and wisdom, but I charge for the privilege.

[rightwingcrazy]

A paragon of paregmenon attempts traductio with “paragon”.

[ConorMacNessa]

Daniel Webster:

"Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!"

Barack Obama:

"Hope and Change!"

Webster, a great orator, was a master of paragmenon; Obama, a pathetic president, is a master of the teleprompter.

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

[ConorMacNessa]

Daniel Webster:

"Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!"

Barack Obama:

"Hope and Change!"

Webster, a great orator, was a master of paragmenon; Obama, a pathetic president, is a master of the teleprompter.

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

[left that other site]

I try to avoid and evade peregmenons in my writ and my writing, as I find them evasive and invasive.
}:-)

[secret garden]

A for effort!

[theDentist]

I have a simple paregmenon... it's so Obvious...
Obama and Diarrhea

[secret garden]

Whoops! You and NNB can swap ribbons.

[secret garden]

Good try! Welcome to WFTD!

[secret garden]

And he wrote his own speeches. A for you, F- for the teleprompter’s voice.

[secret garden]

A for you.

[secret garden]

A for you.

[left that other site]

Thanks and Thanksgiving!
}:-)

[NeoCaveman]

Fold and folderol.

[SoothingDave]

The episodes of Blackadder the Third are:
Dish and Dishonesty
Ink and Incapability
Nob and Nobility
Sense and Senility
Amy and Amiability
Duel and Duality