So I'm thinking of doing a weekly blog entitled, "Word of the Week" (I'd do "word of the day" but whom are we kidding....). It's a fun way for all of us to brush up on the English language and perhaps learn a new word or two. We'll see how long I keep up with it.
There is a twist. After reading (and learning) the WOTW, you must then type a comment using that word.
Here we go.
The Word of the Week is:
imprimatur • \im-pruh-MAH-toor\ • noun
1 : a license to print or publish especially by Roman Catholic episcopal authority
2 : sanction, approval
Example Sentence:
The organization has been meeting on campus without the university's imprimatur.
Did you know?
"Imprimatur" means "let it be printed" in New Latin. It comes from Latin "imprimere," meaning to "imprint" or "impress." In the 1600s, the word appeared in the front matter of books, accompanied by the name of an official authorizing the book's printing. It was also in the 1600s that English speakers began using "imprimatur" in the general sense of "official approval." The Roman Catholic Church still issues imprimaturs for books concerned with religious matters (to indicate that a work contains nothing offensive to Catholic morals or faith), and there have been other authorities for imprimaturs as well. For example, when Samuel Pepys was president of the Royal Society, he placed his imprimatur on the title page of
7 comments:
you're so imprimatur for your age!!
You do not have my impimatur to write such things!
Can I get your imprimatur to tell the world that you are a big nerd?
This sucks. I hate this week's WOTW - when am I ever going to use this in my life?
I'll play, but I'm not going to be happy about it.
I was going to put the word "Complain" as the WOTW, but I understand you know that word well.
Why don't you use "rock on" as the WOTW?
Maybe you should shoot for a word of the month, it's only week 2 and you're already falling behind.
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