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Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players "An engrossing, inside look at the strange and rarefied world of competitive Scrabble. It's a pleasure to experience vicariously a level of play that I'll never achieve!" --Will Shortz, New York Times Crossword Editor and Puzzle Master of NPR's "Weekend Edition Sunday" On sale now at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618015841/ref%3Dnosim/lexico _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ Word of the Day for Tueday March 5, 2002: extol \ik-STOHL\, transitive verb: To praise highly; to glorify; to [1]exalt. The processes of nature, which most writers extol as symbols of renewal and eternal life, were always seen darkly by Kerouac. --Ellis Amburn, [2]Subterranean Kerouac: The Hidden Life of Jack Kerouac Let your deeds themselves praise you, for here I leave them in all their glory, lacking words to extol them. --Cervantes, Don Quixote de la Mancha Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free, How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? --Arthur Christopher Benson, Song from Pomp and Circumstance by Sir Edward Elgar _________________________________________________________ Extol derives from Latin extollere, "to lift up, praise," from ex-, "up from" + tollere, "to lift up, elevate." References 1. http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/1999/09/25.html 2. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312145314/ref%3Dnosim/lexico _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Word of the Day as: matt.motley@enron.com To subscribe to the list by email, send a blank message to: join-WordoftheDay@lists.lexico.com To unsubscribe via email, send a blank message to: leave-wordoftheday-357530C@lists.lexico.com Subscriptions can be turned on and off from the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/ Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ (C) 2002 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
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