

Jun 13, 2013 This week's theme

Miscellaneous words



This week's words

canorous

prosaic

expansive

animadversion

sempiternal

Miscellaneous words A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg



animadversion PRONUNCIATION: (an-i-mad-VUHR-zhuhn)

MEANING: noun:

1. The act of criticizing.

2. An unfavorable comment.

ETYMOLOGY: , conversazione, From Latin animadvertere (to turn the mind to), from animus (mind) + advertere (to turn). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wer- (to turn or bend), also the source of wring, weird, writhe, revert, universe, wroth versicolor , and prosaic . Earliest documented use: 1535.

USAGE: "This newspaper has never felt that it is above criticism, especially from politicians and other public officials who take the brunt of our animadversion."

PM, Beware the Danger of Attacking the Media; Jamaica Observer (Kingston); Dec 9, 2011.

See more usage examples of animadversion in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.



A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Congratulation: The civility of envy. -Ambrose Bierce, author and editor (1842-1914)





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