Posted on 12/08/2005 7:58:28 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".
homonymous • \hoe-MAH-nuh-mus\ adjective
1 : ambiguous
2 : having the same designation
3 : of, relating to, or being homonyms
Example sentence:
How many states, besides New York, have a homonymous city or town?
Etymology: The "ambiguous" sense of "homonymous" refers mainly to words that have two or more meanings. In the 1600s, logicians and scientists who wanted to refer to (or complain about!) such equivocal words chose a name for them based on Latin and Greek, from Greek "hom-" ("same") and "onyma" ("name"). In time, English speakers came up with another sense of "homonymous," referring to two things having the same name (Hawaii, the state, and Hawaii, the island, for example). Next came the use of "homonymous" to refer to homonyms, such as "see" and "sea." There's also a zoological sense. Sheep and goats whose right horn spirals to the right and left horn spirals to the left are said to be "homonymous."
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 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!
--lest you catch their magnanimous cancankerous Eponymous.--
mous
mouse
moose
doing the can-can.
Voice Of God Revealed To Be Cheney On Intercom
WASHINGTON, DC—Telephone logs recorded by the National Security Agency and obtained by Congress as part of an ongoing investigation suggest that the vice president may have used the Oval Office intercom system to address President Bush at crucial moments, giving categorical directives in a voice the president believed to be that of God.
If Dick Cheney is God then who the heck is Karl Rove?
Rovesputin?
They are also homos.
Hey, I have a CD by yEponymous! I'll have to dig that out again.
Good morning!
Yes, and I was getting info on Ringo Starr for Arghie!
Big Pining, WY is -31. I can't even imagine it.
LOL!
28 degrees in Houston - these people think it's a new ice age..... ;^)
I think I have sufficient Ringo information to meet my needs, thanks, Miss Slip.
St.Michael obviously.
I loved Thomas the Train. I think I saw every video and my neph had the whole set. Played with them for hours. I think my favorite was James for some reason.
We were down to 23 degrees one night here in AZ. I could unblanket my plants, but I'm waiting for another week. We're 65 right now.
How about Point Barrow, Alaska? (Where any exposed skin could lead to a quick death)
You're welcome. LOL!
I actually turned the heater on last night - I felt horrible doing it but my son was complaining. I was fine with the air conditioner still set to come on.
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