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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--amalgam This week's theme: words with a built-in definite article. amalgam (uh-MAL-guhm) noun 1. A mixture of diverse elements 2. An alloy of mercury with another metal. [Via French and Latin from Arabic al-malgham (the ointment), from Greek malagma (softening agent).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "Many people are going to love this book [Night of the Fireflies], which is a strange amalgam of religion, science and sci-fi." Jane Rosenthal; Stranger Phenomena of Post-colonial Africa; Mail and Guardian (Johannesburg, South Africa); Nov 10, 2006. X-Bonus Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. -Dr. Seuss, author and illustrator (1904-1991)

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