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Word of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2011desideratum \dih-sid-uh-RAY-tum; -RAH-\, noun; Something desired or considered necessary. No one in Berkeley -- at least, no one I consorted with -- thought art was for sissies, or that a pensionable job was the highest desideratum. Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum. A technical dictionary . . . is one of the desiderata in anatomy. Desideratum is from Latin desideratum, "a thing desired," from desiderare, "to desire." | |||||||||
 Words of the Day? How about words of timeless wisdom?Introducing our Quotes channel! "Life itself is a quotation." - Jorge Luis Borges | |||||||||
  What does it mean "to pink" something, and how did the color become associated with Valentine's Day?You are minding your own business in the grocery store when wham! Pink hearts and candies placed at eye level by merchants remind you that once again, Valentine's Day is here. Why pink? How did pink become so strongly associated with February 14, roses and romance? The word pink dates back to the 1570s, when "to pink" was to... | |||||||||
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