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Your word for today is: démenti
Pronunciation: /ˌdāmänˈtē/
Definition: an official denial of a published statement
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Your word for today is: Laodicean
Pronunciation: /lāˌädəˈsēən/ Definition: lukewarm or halfhearted, especially with respect to religion or politics
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Your word for today is: ambry
Pronunciation: /ˈômbrē/
Definition: a small recess or cupboard in the wall of a church
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Your word for today is: wary
Pronunciation: /ˈwe(ə)rē/
Definition: feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems
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[with object] (foist someone/something on)
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘palm a false die, so as to produce it at the right moment’): from Dutch dialect vuisten ‘take in the hand’, from vuist (see fist)
[with object] put an earlier date to (a document or agreement) than the actual one:they backdated the sale documents to evade a court order
“backdate”. Oxford Dictionaries. April 2010. Oxford Dictionaries. April 2010. Oxford University Press. http://oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_us1224281 (accessed June 30, 2010).
Statue of cat settled upon a book - an English dictionary, perhaps?
misfeasance
noun Law a transgression, especially the wrongful exercise of lawful authority.
origin early 17th cent.: from Old French mesfaisance, from mesfaire, from mes- wrongly + faire do (from Latin facere). Compare with malfeasance.
Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com
Source: Oxford Dictionary of English
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