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A.Word.A.Day--apparat apparat (ap-uh-RAT, ah-puh-RAT) noun Structure, mechanism, etc. of an organization, especially a political one. [From Russian apparat, from German, from Latin apparatus (equipment).] "Alice (Mahon) has no intention of handing her seat on to a miserable lackey of the hated apparat ..." Matthew Norman; Comment and Analysis: Diary; The Guardian (London, UK); Jul 27, 1999. "That seemed destined to change after the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65, which relaxed the grip of the papal apparat and elevated the importance of individual conscience." Bill Keller; Is the Pope Catholic?; The New York Times; May 4, 2002. This week's theme: words derived from many different languages. X-Bonus We have met the enemy and he is us. -Walt Kelly, cartoonist (1913-1973)

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