

Jun 5, 2013 This week's theme

Words that appear to be misspellings



This week's words

calyculus

swoopstake

theocrasy

agrement

jargoon

Words that appear to be misspellings A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg



theocrasy PRONUNCIATION: (thee-AWK-ruh-see)

MEANING: noun: A mixture of deities or religious forms.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek theo- (god)- + -krasia (blending). Earliest documented use: 1816.

USAGE: "Even if the Jewish travellers were giving thanks to Pan Euhodos, such minor use of a pagan temple hardly represents a movement towards theocrasy."

R.P. Gordon; The God of Israel; Cambridge University Press; 2007.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea. -Isak Dinesen (pen name of Karen Blixen), author (1885-1962)





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