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Proudofmines
Registerd: 2006/07
Posted:May 10, 2007 2:26PM |
Subject: This week's theme is: Commuting by Bike.
Message: legerity
(noun)
[lah-JER-i-tee]
1. lightness; nimbleness: "The audience was completely unreceptive to Jen's original agenda, but she shifted focus with legerity and made the most of the situation."
Origin:
Approximately 1560; from French, 'legerete'; from Old French, 'legerete,' from 'leger': light.
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Proudofmines
Registerd: 2006/07
Posted:May 09, 2007 12:29PM |
Subject: This week's theme is: Commuting by Bike.
Message: thew
(noun)
[thyoo]
1. muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew; (often used in the plural): "She may have been wrapped in a dainty tennis outfit, but she was all thew from the first serve."
adjective form: thewy
Origin:
Approximately 1566; from Middle English, 'thew': virtue, strength; from Old English, 'theaw': custom, habit.
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Proudofmines
Registerd: 2006/07
Posted:May 08, 2007 12:20PM |
Subject: This week's theme is: Commuting by Bike.
Message: mettle
(noun)
[MET-l]
1. courage and fortitude; strength of character; spirit; ardor: "Our nephew showed his mettle through two tours of duty in Iraq."
2. substance or quality of temperament; 'gentlemen of brave mettle' (Shakespeare)
Origin:
Approximately 1581; figurative use of English, 'metal': the substance somebody is made of. 'Mettle' was formally a variant spelling of 'metal.'
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Proudofmines
Registerd: 2006/07
Posted:May 07, 2007 11:27AM |
Subject: This week's theme is: Commuting by Bike.
Message: lithesome
(adjective)
[LIETH-sahm]
1. moving and bending with ease; gracefully slender; lissome: "She had the lithesome gait of a professional dancer."
Origin:
Date unknown; 'lithe' from Old English, 'lithe': soft, gentle, flexible
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