From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:00:27 -0400
Subject: {Open Tarot Nexus} A.Word.A.Day--nubile
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The Magic of Words
Aug 23, 2011
This week's theme
Words to describe people
This week's words
parvenu
nubile
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A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg
nubile
PRONUNCIATION:
(NOO-bil, -byl, NYOO-)
MEANING:
adjective
1. Sexually attractive (referring to a young woman).
2. Ready or suitable for marriage (referring to a young woman).
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin nubere (to marry). Earliest documented use: 1642.
USAGE:
"Hillie is not some nubile young woman, but a 65-year-old mother-of-two."
Jill Foster; Can You Believe This Woman is 65?; Daily Mail (London,
UK); May 9, 2011.
Explore "nubile" in the Visual Thesaurus.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or
wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account? - Jean Paul
Richter, writer (1763-1825)
Books by Anu Garg
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