Friday, May 29, 2009

Word of the day

La·od·i·ce·an [lay-oh-diss-see-an]
adj.
1. Of or relating to Laodicea.
2. Indifferent or lukewarm especially in matters of religion.
3. A word that was used once, when it was created, and then never used again until the 2009 National Spelling Bee.
4. A word that is apparently easier to spell than "palatschinken."
n.
A native or inhabitant of Laodicea.

[Adj., sense 2, in reference to Revelation 3:14-16.]

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