Friday, November 11, 2005

Painting a picture with words

Big Ten Wonk Word Of The Day for Friday, November 11:

limn (LIMM) v. illustrate. (more)

My spidey sense told me there was something funny about this word. Sure enough, I looked into its origins and discovered it was first used in 1948, mere months after the widespread distribution of the board game Scrabble.

3 comments:

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OofTheQuick said...
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OofTheQuick said...

The funny thing is, this wasn't spam.