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with Anu GargJudas
PRONUNCIATION:
(JOO-duhs)
MEANING:
noun:1. One who betrays. 2. A peephole. ETYMOLOGY:
After Judas Iscariot, a disciple of Jesus, who later betrayed him.
Earliest documented use: 1490.
USAGE:
"Bob Dylan was heckled and booed by audience members who felt he had sold
out to the pop world, that he was a Judas who had turned his back on the
serious acoustic roots of folk music."Heath McCoy; Turning Tables on Folk; Calgary Herald (Canada); Jul 24, 2010. See more usage examples of judas in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation. -Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, scientist and philosopher (1742-1799)
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