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Word of the Day for Sunday, February 27, 2011rubicund \ROO-bih-kund\, adjective: Inclining to redness; ruddy; red. The men are second cousins, around forty, resembling each other not very much, one taller and leaner, less rubicund than the other, who has just returned from California. Rubicund from his cocktail, big, broad, lustrous with power, he exuded what Walter Pater called the "charm of an exquisite character, felt in some way to be inseparable from his person." Rubicund comes from Latin rubicundus, "red, ruddy," from rubere, "to be red." | |||||||||
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  Spanish is a Romance language, but what does that have to do with the type of romance between lovers?Romance can refer to an enchanting quality that makes a heart beat faster, but in linguistics Romance languages are the Indo-European languages descending from Latin, the best-known being French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. Why is one word used for both? Actually, the link arises from a type of story. Romanz is the Old French term for... | |||||||||
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