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Word of the Day for Thursday, April 28, 2011polymorphous \pol-ee-MAWR-fuhs\, adjective: Having, assuming, or passing through many or various forms, stages, or the like. It's a time machine, a polymorphous funk jazz rollercoaster transporting you from Art Blakey's hard bop and Weather Report's jazz rock to more speculative free form fusions. It had surprised me, at first, that a city so polymorphous as Bombay, with its unceasing variety of peoples, languages, and pursuits, tended to such narrow concentrations. Polymorphous combines the Greek roots Poly-, "many," and -morphous, "shape." | |||||||||
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  What was the original name of the letter X, and how many sounds can it represent?We've explored the meaning behind the "X" in Xmas, Xbox, the X-Men, and even its use in friendly and amorous correspondence (XOXO).� Now it's time to take a closer look at the origin of this multi-functional, twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet. With its long, ambiguous history and multiple phonemes, the letter "X" is quite... | |||||||||
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