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A.Word.A.Day--aerious

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aerious also aereous (AY-ree-uhs) adjective

Of the nature of air, airy.

[From Latin aereus or aerius, adjectival form of aer, air, + -ous.]

"Aerious science aside, the accompanying signs are often tongue-in-cheek."
Seila Hotchkin, Delaware arts center has funny, scary fossils Exhibit, The Des Moines Register, May 14, 2000.

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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social, and even political. -Ignazio Silone, author (1900-1978)

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