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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--invidious This week's theme: miscellaneous words. invidious (in-VID-ee-uhs) adjective Unjust, offensive, or hateful, and likely to arouse resentment, ill will, anger, etc. [From Latin invidiosus (envious, envied, hostile), from invidia (envy, hostility), from videre (to see). Ultimately from the Indo-European root weid- (to see) that is also the source of words such as guide, wise, vision, advice, idea, story, and history.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "A small wrinkle of worry crosses Sword Gusmao's brow as she discusses her husband's invidious position." Steve Waldon; Kirsty's Crusade; The Age (Melbourne, Australia); Nov 1, 2006. X-Bonus At times it may be necessary to temporarily accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good. -Margaret Mead, anthropologist (1901-1978)

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