Fwd: {Open Tarot Nexus} Today's wwftd is... paradiorthosis

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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:00:14 -0400
Subject: {Open Tarot Nexus} Today's wwftd is... paradiorthosis
To: Opentarot Group <OpenTarot@yahoogroups.com>, Google Opentarotnexus
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The worthless word for the day is: paradiorthosis

[Gk, a marginal correction] /parr uh dye or thoh sis/

Obs. rare : a false correction

"I cannot choose but take notice of a Paradiorthosis, or false emendation."
- William Burton, A commentary on Antoninus.. (1658)

"The word is positively gorgeous: paradiorthosis. One doesn't often
run across such delights. I committed it to memory on the spot, and I
take great pleasure in sharing it with you now."
- William Safire, Spread the Word (1999)

-tsuwm
http://home.comcast.net/~wwftd

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