Posted on 12/20/2012 3:31:11 AM PST 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".
apopemptic \ap-uh-PEMP-tik\, adjective
1. Pertaining to leave-taking or departing; valedictory.
noun:
1. Obsolete. A farewell address; valedictory.
Example sentences:
The others followed suit and, politely apopemptic, vanished into the night.
-- Sōseki Natsume, Aiko Ito, Graeme Wilson, I Am a Cat
Only to the fool who believes all truths debatable, who believes true virtue resides not in men but in eulogies, true sorrow not in partings but in apopemptic hymns…
-- John Gardner, Jason and Medeia
Etymology:
Rising to prominence in the middle 1700s, apopemptic derives from the Greek apopemptikós, pertaining to 'sending away.'
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 Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
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!
Soda departing from the bottle: A pop emptic.
A+ for you. And we thought waiting out the clintoon was painful...I can only hope that some of the idiots who voted for him get burned by his idiotic policies. Although I’m convinced most of them don’t pay taxes anyway.
Yikes. Here’s your A.
Segways are fun, but my feet went numb clenching my toes on them when we rode.
Whenever I see on I think: “I’ve made a huge mistake.”
A+ for you. Now I’m thirsty.
Precisely. I like your daffynition more than mine. But then I was held hostage by phonetics.
Or why not a stair car? Unless you’re afraid of hop-ons...
Chilly and windy here-I swear it nearly blew me right off the trail at the top of the hill-I stayed to the tree cover after that...
While Hillary is hiding out
With her head injury excuse
Is she composing an apopemptic
To escape the Obama mafia noose?
It seems Obama’s minions have
Planned her political demise
Put they didn’t count on Bill
Taking away their latest prize
The way that he holds grudges
And never forgets a slight
Means he won’t allow Hillary
To go gently into that goodnight...
Love your closer. A+ for you.
Thank you!
Haha - we love perogies - do you bake yours or boil?
I so hope you are right and he pulls a fast one soon
Sautéed with onions.
No matter what, you must boil them first. Then sautee in butter.
They are great deep fried as well (of course, what isn’t?)
I should get apoplectic at all the apopemtic comments on over the coming apocalypse tomorrow.
But I gotta meet a friend after work.
A for you. So much for TEOTWAWKI.
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