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		<title>Word of the day &#8211; malefactress</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[malefactress \mal-uh-fak-tris\ Noun – a woman who violates the law or does evil Origin: 1640-50; Malefactress stems from the root malefact(o)r + -ess. Malefactor is a criminal; wrongdoer. Malefaction is the male version of malefactor and malefactress is the female version of malefactor.]]></description>
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<p>\mal-uh-fak-tris\<br />
Noun – a woman who violates the law or does evil</p>
<p><strong>Origin:<br />
</strong>1640-50; <em>Malefactress</em> stems from the root malefact(o)r + -ess. Malefactor is a criminal; wrongdoer. Malefaction is the male version of malefactor and malefactress is the female version of malefactor.</p>
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		<title>Word of the day &#8211; empurple</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[empurple \em-PUR-puhl\ verb &#8211; To color or become purple or purplish. To darken or redden; flush. Origin: Empurple originated in the late 1580s from the Greek prefix em- meaning &#8216;to become&#8217; and the color &#8216;purple,&#8217; a word of Tyrian descent for the shellfish from which purple dye was made.]]></description>
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\em-PUR-puhl\</p>
<p>verb &#8211; To color or become purple or purplish. To darken or redden; flush. </p>
<p><strong>Origin: </strong><br />
<em>Empurple</em> originated in the late 1580s from the Greek prefix em- meaning &#8216;to become&#8217; and the color &#8216;purple,&#8217; a word of Tyrian descent for the shellfish from which purple dye was made.</p>
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		<title>Word of the day &#8211; rime</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[rime \RAHYM\ noun &#8211; A coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of water droplets. Origin: Rime, also known as hoarfrost, comes from the Old English hrim. Used mainly in Northern England and Scotland for centuries, it was revived in literature in the 19th century.]]></description>
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<p>\RAHYM\<br />
noun &#8211; A coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of water droplets. </p>
<p><strong>Origin:</strong><br />
<em>Rime</em>, also known as hoarfrost, comes from the Old English <em>hrim</em>. Used mainly in Northern England and Scotland for centuries, it was revived in literature in the 19th century.</p>
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		<title>Word of the day &#8211; fainaigue</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[fainaigue \fuh-NEYG\ verb &#8211; To shirk; evade work or responsibility. To renege at cards. Origin: Fainaigue stems from British dialect, but its exact origins are unclear. Whether or not it has a relationship to finagle is a source of debate.]]></description>
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<p>\fuh-NEYG\<br />
verb &#8211; To shirk; evade work or responsibility. To renege at cards. </p>
<p><strong>Origin:</strong><br />
<em>Fainaigue</em> stems from British dialect, but its exact origins are unclear. Whether or not it has a relationship to <em>finagle</em> is a source of debate.</p>
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		<title>Word of the day &#8211; effervescent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[effervescent \ef-er-VES-uhnt\ adjective &#8211; High-spirited; vivacious; lively. Effervescing; bubbling. Origin: Effervescent originated as a French verb in the 1650s meaning, &#8216;the action of boiling up&#8217; (as in water), though it did not assume its figurative meaning relating to personality until 1748.]]></description>
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<p>\ef-er-VES-uhnt\<br />
adjective &#8211; High-spirited; vivacious; lively. Effervescing; bubbling.</p>
<p><strong>Origin:</strong><br />
<em>Effervescent</em> originated as a French verb in the 1650s meaning, &#8216;the action of boiling up&#8217; (as in water), though it did not assume its figurative meaning relating to personality until 1748. </p>
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		<title>Word of the day &#8211; flippant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>\fli-pənt\<br />
adjective &#8211; Glib, talkative. Lacking proper respect or seriousness.</p>
<p><strong>Origin:</strong><br />
Probably from <em>flip</em>. </p>
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		<title>Word of the day &#8211; crevice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[crevice \ˈkre-vəs\ noun &#8211; a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff). Origin: Middle English, from Anglo-French crevace, from crever to break, from Latin crepare to crack.]]></description>
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<p>\ˈkre-vəs\<br />
noun &#8211; a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff).</p>
<p><strong>Origin:</strong><br />
Middle English, from Anglo-French <em>crevace</em>, from <em>crever</em> to break, from Latin <em>crepare</em> to crack.</p>
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		<title>Word of the day &#8211; svelte</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[svelte \SFELT\ adjective &#8211; Slender, especially gracefully slender in figure. Suave; blandly urbane. Origin: Svelte enters English in 1800s from the French, and originally derives from the Latin verb exvellere, &#8220;to stretch out.&#8221;]]></description>
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<p>\SFELT\<br />
adjective &#8211; Slender, especially gracefully slender in figure. Suave; blandly urbane.</p>
<p><strong>Origin:</strong><br />
<em>Svelte</em> enters English in 1800s from the French, and originally derives from the Latin verb <em>exvellere</em>, &#8220;to stretch out.&#8221; </p>
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		<title>Word of the day &#8211; ogle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ogle \OH-guhl\ verb &#8211; To look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently. To eye; look or stare at. Origin: Ogle traces its origins from the Lower German oeglen, &#8220;to look at,&#8221; but ultimately comes from a now extinct word for &#8220;eye,&#8221; oog.]]></description>
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<p>\OH-guhl\<br />
verb &#8211; To look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently. To eye; look or stare at.</p>
<p><strong>Origin:</strong><br />
<em>Ogle</em> traces its origins from the Lower German <em>oeglen</em>, &#8220;to look at,&#8221; but ultimately comes from a now extinct word for &#8220;eye,&#8221; <em>oog</em>. </p>
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		<title>Word of the day &#8211; disbosom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[disbosom \dis-BOOZ-uhm\ verb &#8211; To reveal; confess. Origin: Disbosom comes from the ancient word bosom, which possibly goes back to the roots of the Indo-European languages. Bosom can mean &#8220;breast; womb; surface; or ship&#8217;s hold.&#8221; The first recorded use of disbosom is in the 18th century.]]></description>
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<p>\dis-BOOZ-uhm\<br />
verb &#8211; To reveal; confess.</p>
<p><strong>Origin:</strong><br />
<em>Disbosom</em> comes from the ancient word <em>bosom</em>, which possibly goes back to the roots of the Indo-European languages. <em>Bosom</em> can mean &#8220;breast; womb; surface; or ship&#8217;s hold.&#8221; The first recorded use of <em>disbosom</em> is in the 18th century. </p>
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