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Word of the Day for Wednesday, February 2, 2011elide \ih-LAHYD\, verb: 1. To suppress; omit; ignore; pass over. Later she understood it was a smile born of fear at what she had to say, but in that moment when sleep and consciousness elide, her expression seemed humorous, so when the woman said she had bad news and that their father was dead, Annie thought it was a joke. Introductions were made - here I elide all of the tedious formalities and small talk - and the Marquise explained to me that she had been looking for a tutor to educate her daughter. Elide derives from the Latin elidere, "to wound." | |||||||||
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  How are groundhogs connected to a dying, 3,000 year-old language?February 2 marks the annual Groundhog's Day. This year's winter has been particularly harsh on the East Coast, so we'll keep our fingers crossed that Punxsutawney Phil does not see his shadow. While the frost is still thick on the ground, we want to explore the unusual origin of the common name for the herbivorous... | |||||||||
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