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Mar 3, 2015 This week’s theme Words using only one of the vowels This week’s words parastatal defervescence imprimis A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg defervescence PRONUNCIATION: (dee-fuhr-VES-uhns) MEANING: noun: The abatement of a fever. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin de- (away from) + fervere (to boil, to be hot). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhreu- (to boil or to bubble), which is also the source of brew, bread, broth, braise, brood, breed, barmy, and perfervid. Earliest documented use: 1721. USAGE: “‘I don’t like these sudden drops. It’s false defervescence ...’ That same evening, Philippe’s temperature went back up.” Andre Maurois; Climates; Other Press; 2012. (translation: Adriana Hunter) See more usage examples of defervescence in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it's the only one you have. -Emile Chartier, philosopher (3 Mar 1868-1951)

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