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Word of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2011 factotum \fak-TOH-tuhm\, noun: A person employed to do all kinds of work or business. Mr. Hersey thus became Mr. Lewis's summertime factotum, copying pages of a play that Lewis was writing about Communism. -- Richard Severo, "John Hersey, Author of 'Hiroshima,' Is Dead at 78", New York Times, March 25, 1993 She is a blind, paraplegic forensic hypnotist, and he is her brother and general factotum. -- Newgate Callendar, "Spies & Thrillers", New York Times, July 31, 1994 Factotum is from Medieval Latin, from Latin fac totum, "do everything," from facere, "to do" + totus, "all." Read the full entry | See synonyms | Comment on today's word | Suggest tomorrow's word Yesterday's word | Previous words | Help
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