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Sep 1, 2023

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with Anu Garg

secundan

PRONUNCIATION:

(se-KUHN-duhn)

MEANING:

adjective: Occurring every other day.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin secundus (second). Earliest documented use: c. 1400.

USAGE:

“Forsooth! Sir Henry hath adopted a curious habit, taking his long walks secundan, as if the morrow’s sun offends and the next shines but to please him.”
William Shakespeare; Tales of Time’s Oddities; The Stratford Sentinel (England); Jun 1, 1599. [An AI-generated usage example]

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

When wealth is passed off as merit, bad luck is seen as bad character. This is how ideologues justify punishing the sick and the poor. But poverty is neither a crime nor a character flaw. Stigmatize those who let people die, not those who struggle to live. -Sarah Kendzior, journalist and author (b. 1 Sep 1978)

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