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WORD|of the day

[furor] noun; an angry or maniacal fit; a fashionable craze; furious or hectic activity

QUOTE|of the day

[Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.]

Jane Austen

WORD|of the day

[abyssal] adjective; unfathomable; of or relating to the bottom waters of the ocean depths

QUOTE|of the day

[There is a theory that states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.]

Douglas Adams

WORD|of the day

[elucidate] intransitive verb; to give a clarifying explanation

QUOTE|of the day

[Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.]

David T. Wolf

WORD|of the day

[transmogrify] transitive verb; to change or alter greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect

QUOTE|of the day

[In great affairs men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small things they show themselves as they are.]

Nicholas Chamfort

WORD|of the day

[velocipede] noun; a lightweight wheeled vehicle propelled by the rider

QUOTE|of the day

[Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own special laws.]

Douglas Adams

WORD|of the day

[ardent] adjective; characterized by warmth of feeling typically expressed in eager zealous support or activity; shining, glowing; fiery, hot

QUOTE|of the day

[Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.]

Comte de Bussy-Rabutin