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This week's theme Autumn colors This week's words ecru russet sorrel umber subfusc Add your two cents' ... worth to this week's theme and words. Or, if you wish, use paise, pence, yen, pesos, piasters, etc. Log on at our bulletin board Wordsmith Talk Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg sorrel PRONUNCIATION: (SOR-uhl) MEANING: noun: 1. A light reddish-brown color. 2. A horse of this color. 3. Any of various plants of the genus Rumex having a sharp taste, used as salad greens. 4. Any of various plants of the genus Oxalis having a sour taste. ETYMOLOGY: For 1, 2: From Old French sorel, from sor (yellowish brown). For 3, 4: From Old French surele, from sur (sour). USAGE: "The horse, a sorrel color male temporarily named Wildfire, is small and might make a good pasture companion for another horse." Susan Burgess; Horse Abandoned; Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida); Sep 28, 2009. Explore "sorrel" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. -Frank Zappa, composer, musician, film director (1940-1993)

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