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Nov 25, 2015
This week’s theme
Words to describe people

This week’s words
stridulous
torpid
fastuous
impertinent
bibulous

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with Anu Garg

fastuous

PRONUNCIATION:
(FAS-choo-uhs)

MEANING:
adjective: 1. Haughty; arrogant. 2. Pretentious.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin fastuosus, from fastus (arrogance). Earliest documented use: 1638.

USAGE:
“Here the gentry live a fastuous life and wear chic clothes.”
Edwin Jahiel; Brotherhood of Wolf Stylish, Confused Mess; News Gazette (Champaign, Illinois); Feb 14, 2002.

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We haven't yet learned how to stay human when assembled in masses. -Lewis Thomas, physician and author (25 Nov 1913-1993)

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