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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--demarche This week's theme: words about diplomacy. demarche (day-MARSH) noun A course of action, especially a diplomatic petition or protest. [From French démarche (gait). Ultimately from the Indo-European root merg- (border) that's also the source of marquee, margin, march, mark, and remark.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Beijing sent Canberra a formal diplomatic protest in May -- not about the Dalai Lama but over a perception that Australia, the US, Japan and India are cobbling together a security alliance to contain China. The Chinese demarche is an acute example of the type of problem Australian policymakers will continue to face." Great and Powerful -- But is China Our Friend? The Age (Melbourne, Australia); Jun 18, 2007. X-Bonus It is difficult to begin without borrowing, but perhaps it is the most generous course thus to permit your fellow-men to have an interest in your enterprise. -Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862)

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