

Nov 25, 2014 This week's theme

Eponyms



This week's words

solon

mazarine

platonic

tontine

malthusian



A butterfly named Mazarine Blue Photo: Aurélien Baudoin Eponyms A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg



mazarine PRONUNCIATION: (maz-uh-REEN, MAZ-uh-reen, -rin)

MEANING: adjective: A deep, rich shade of blue.

ETYMOLOGY: After either Cardinal Jules Mazarin (1602-1661) or his niece, Duchess Hortense Mancini (1646-1699). Why this color is associated with them is not entirely clear. Earliest documented use: 1684.

USAGE: "'This,' said Ned, 'is a mazarine blue. Very, very rare!'"

Elizabeth Palmer; The Distaff Side; Thomas Dunne Books; 2004.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. -Elie Wiesel, writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1928)





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