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A.Word.A.Day--gemutlichkeit Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio gemutlichkeit (guh-myoo-likh-KYT, -MOOT-) noun Warm friendliness; amicability. [German, from gemutlich, congenial.] "Ernst's round figures have an endearingly toylike gemutlichkeit, however, and youngsters may still find the out-of folktale experience a diverting one." Deborah Stevenson, Goldilocks Returns by Lisa Campbell Ernst (review), Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, May 1, 2000. This week's theme: words from the German language. X-Bonus The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality. -John Quincy Adams, 6th president of the U.S. (1767-1848)

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