I just love saying this word...mostly 'cause it sounds like I'm sneezing
The Word of the Day for November 22 is:
eschew \es-CHOO\ verb
: to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical
grounds
Example sentence:
In his stand-up comedy routines, Michael eschews the vulgar
language and gross humor frequently used by his colleagues.
Did you know?
"Eschew" derives from the Anglo-French verb "eschiver" and
is akin to the Old High German "sciuhen" ("to frighten off"), an
ancestor of our word "shy." In his famous dictionary of 1755 Dr.
Samuel Johnson characterized "eschew" as "almost obsolete."
History has proven that the great lexicographer was wrong on
that call, however. William [Makepeace!] Thackeray found "eschew" alive
enough to use it almost one hundred years later in his classic
novel Vanity Fair: "He has already eschewed green coats, red
neckcloths, and other worldly ornaments." The word swelled in
usage in English during the 19th and 20th centuries and is now
common enough to be included even in small paperback
dictionaries.
eschew \es-CHOO\ verb
: to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical
grounds
Example sentence:
In his stand-up comedy routines, Michael eschews the vulgar
language and gross humor frequently used by his colleagues.
Did you know?
"Eschew" derives from the Anglo-French verb "eschiver" and
is akin to the Old High German "sciuhen" ("to frighten off"), an
ancestor of our word "shy." In his famous dictionary of 1755 Dr.
Samuel Johnson characterized "eschew" as "almost obsolete."
History has proven that the great lexicographer was wrong on
that call, however. William [Makepeace!] Thackeray found "eschew" alive
enough to use it almost one hundred years later in his classic
novel Vanity Fair: "He has already eschewed green coats, red
neckcloths, and other worldly ornaments." The word swelled in
usage in English during the 19th and 20th centuries and is now
common enough to be included even in small paperback
dictionaries.



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