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Insults



This week's words

flagitious

thewless

flaneur

prima donna

cunctator



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thewless PRONUNCIATION: (THYOO-lis)

MEANING: adjective

1. Cowardly.

2. Lacking energy.

ETYMOLOGY: From thew (muscle, strength), from Old English theaw (custom, usage). Earliest documented use: before 1327.

USAGE: "The devil, the heathen, the apostate will be awe-struck, thewless before our superior metal."

Irv C. Rogers; Motoo Eetee: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World; McBooks Press; 2002.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. -Leo Buscaglia, author (1924-1998)





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