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Oct 4, 2007 This week's theme Miscellaneous words This week's words deleterious oligarchy moliminous lugubrious multeity Follow us on Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg misology lugubrious (lu-GOO-bree-uhs) adjective Mournful, dismal, especially in an exaggerated or affected manner. [From Latin lugere (to mourn).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. "Although the program notes characterize the piece as dark and lugubrious, it's actually rather playful and matter-of-fact, a reflection of Russian acceptance of life's inequalities and perils." Roy C. Dicks; Russian Reality (dance review); The News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina); Jun 16, 2007. X-Bonus We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run. -Roy Amara, engineer, futurist (b. 1925)

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