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Jan 5, 2024
This week’s theme“New” words This week’s words numero uno noodgy pneumatology nuciform nutant 
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with Anu Gargnutant
PRONUNCIATION:
(NOO/NYOO-tuhnt)
MEANING:
adjective: Drooping; nodding.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin nutare (to nod repeatedly), frequentative of -nuere (to nod),
from numen (nod of the head, command, divine will). Earliest documented
use: 1751.
USAGE:
“When I awoke the next morning, the sun was peeking through a cluster
of leafy, nutant willow branches.” P.W. Walters; Reunion; Izzard Ink; 2019. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they
make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of
them. -Umberto Eco, philosopher and novelist (5 Jan 1932-2016)
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