

Dec 11, 2014 This week's theme

Illustrated words



This week's words

juggernaut

klatsch

oneiric

scandent

zymology



Art: Leah Palmer Preiss Illustrated words A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg



scandent PRONUNCIATION: (SKAN-duhnt)

MEANING: adjective: Climbing or ascending.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin scandere (to climb). Ultimately from the Indo-European root skand- (to leap or climb), which also gave us ascend, descend, condescend, transcend, echelon, and scale. Earliest documented use: 1682.

USAGE:

Kol; Fools; Xlibris; 2012.



See more usage examples of "They come and vegetate -- early-goers and scandent socialites -- loitering about and small-talking on the pavement; gradually they edge indoors to the crawl of ivy and creeping plants, spreading like gossip through rooms and around corners."Kol;; Xlibris; 2012.See more usage examples of scandent in Vocabulary.com's dictionary

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck. -Hector Berlioz, composer (1803-1869)





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