Wednesday, 21 January 2009

some more words

aretaic - (adj) - of or pertaining to virtue or excellence
from Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretē, “virtue or excellence”)

rebarbative - (adj) - unattractive and objectionable
from Old French se rebarber (to face each other "beard to beard", i.e. aggressively)

ephemera - (n pl.) - (1) things that exist or are used or enjoyed for only a short time (2) collected items, typically written ones, that were originally expected to have only short-term popularity

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