Truth be told, I haven’t been writing lately. My mind is
discombobulated with my retail job, wedding plans, saving money to move out of
my mom’s house, looking for a new career, and SNOW. While I love the pure crystal
beauty of a white wonderland and the fresh crispness of icy air, the south is
never prepared for winter weather this “severe.”
So yes, Monday went by without a topic. No writing means no
research means no learning. Shame on me! Especially since being snowed in is
ideal for catching up on said writing. I have no excuses, really.
Today’s word is…
Eleemosynary
I found this word in a thesaurus once. I had no use for it
(can’t imagine who would), but it was so strange and had no identifiable root
word in my vocabulary.
It means, “relating to charity, derived from charity, or
dependent on charity.”
I think I’ll just use altruistic
if I’m feeling daring.
According to the automatic result when I searched Google for
“eleemosynary origin” –
“Late 16th century (as a noun denoting a place where alms
were distributed): from medieval Latin eleemosynarius,
from late Latin eleemosyna ‘alms,’
from Greek eleēmosunē ‘compassion’
(see alms).”
Its meaning makes a bit more sense now that I know of its
relation to alms.
If anyone can utilize it naturally in a sentence, please
share. I’d love to read it.
Source:
Today’s deviant ditty:
“Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife)” by Kamelot
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