A.Word.A.Day--miry

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Nov 10, 2010

This week's theme
Miscellaneous words

This week's words
vitiate
parsimonious
miry

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miry

PRONUNCIATION:

(MYR-ee)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Resembling mire.
2. Muddy; swampy.

ETYMOLOGY:

From mire (bog), from Old Norse myrr. Earliest recorded use: 1398.

USAGE:

"This election night, American liberals, sternum-deep in that miry slough of despond, are as depressed as they've been since the Florida debacle back in 2000."
Michael Tomasky; Midterms 2010: A Sea-Change in Just Two Years; The Guardian (London, UK); Nov 3, 2010.

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Several excuses are always less convincing than one. -Aldous Huxley, novelist (1894-1963)

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