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Aug 28, 2023
This week’s themeWords with AI usage examples This week’s words egrote zenzic philomuse delibate secundan 
“I’m sorry I can’t come in today. Yes, I’m afraid I’m very Sikh.”
Image: Quickmeme Previous week’s theme Terms used figuratively 
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with Anu GargPicking unusual words to feature in A.Word.A.Day is only a small part of it. A typical entry includes not only the meaning, but also the origin, pronunciation, and an audio guide, illustration, and usage example or examples. I look for usage examples that convey the meaning well. My ideal usage example is clear, concise, instructive, funny, and clever. As the words are uncommon, it’s hard to find an example that fits all the criteria. Sometimes a word is so rare I’m lucky to find a usage example. From any source, from any author. Such is the case with this week’s words. So I recruited AI to come up with examples in the style of various authors. (To be absolutely clear, the examples are fake quotations from fake books.) How would you write an example for this week’s words in the style of some well-known author? Share below or email us at words@wordsmith.org (include your location: city & state). egrote
PRONUNCIATION:
(EE-groht)
MEANING:
verb intr.: To feign sickness.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin aegrotus (sick). Earliest documented use: c. 1721.
USAGE:
“Upon hearing of the impending visit of the talkative Lady Pennington,
Miss Eliza Bennett decided to egrote, theatrically moaning and requesting
tea every hour. Little did she know, Lady Pennington had the same idea
and sent her regrets, citing a most ‘sudden and dramatic’ ailment.” Jane Austen; The Convenient Colds of Highbury; Hartfield Publishing; 1814. [An AI-generated usage example] A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of
it, and others do just the same with their time. -Johann Wolfgang von
Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (28 Aug 1749-1832)
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