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Word of the Day for Wednesday, April 6, 2011canorous \kuh-NOR-us; KAN-or-uhs\, adjective: Richly melodious; pleasant sounding; musical. I felt a deep contentment listening to the meadowlark's complex melody as he sat on his bragging post calling for a mate, and the soft canorous whistle of the bobwhite as he whistled his name with intermittent lulls. But birds that are canorous and whose notes we most commend, are of little throats, and short necks, as Nightingales, Finches, Linnets, Canary birds and Larks. Canorous comes from the Latin canor, "melody," from canere, "to sing." It is related to chant, from French chanter, "to sing," ultimately from Latin canere. | |||||||||
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  Did one man write the first great English dictionary all by himself? Not quite, but closeThis month marks the 256th anniversary of the publication of "A Dictionary of the English Language," the first definitive English dictionary. Today, we'd like to take a moment to celebrate the man behind the book, the famous (and infamous) Dr. Samuel Johnson. "A Dictionary of the English Language," also called Johnson's Dictionary, is the work of... | |||||||||
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