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A.Word.A.Day--labrose labrose (LA-bros) adjective Having thick or large lips. [From Latin labrosus, from labrum (lip). Other words derived from the same Latin root are lip, labial, and labret (an ornament worn in a pierced lip).] "Maybe yu wouldn't mind talling us, my labrose lad ..." James Joyce; Finnegans Wake; 1939. This week's theme: words to describe physical characteristics of people. X-Bonus The drying up a single tear has more of honest fame than shedding seas of gore. -Lord Byron, poet (1788-1824)

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