This week's theme: words to describe people. patrician (puh-TRISH-uhn) noun
A person of high social rank, good background, etc.; an aristocrat. [From Latin patricius (having a noble father), from pater (father).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=patrician -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "The exciting new tie width even spawned a musical genre (probably invented by some dull, pipe-smoking patrician at Rolling Stone Magazine)." Simon Mills; The Day Ties Went Size Zero; The Guardian (London, UK); Oct 26, 2007. Sponsors' Messages: Orijinz, the new word and phrase origins card game. A great stocking stuffer, fun on a road trip, dinner party or family game night. http://entspire.com Subscribe to http://delanceyplace.com -- a carefully selected non-fiction book excerpt free to your email each day. It's the thinking person's daily quotation. Earn an MBA degree in your spare time with no GMAT or Thesis required. 100% ONLINE! Apply online or for more info: http://MBARegis.com/WS ............................................................................ He had the rare quality of not only loving but respecting childhood -- its innocence, its keen sense of justice, its passionate and yet sensitive affections. -Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, novelist and poet (1826-1887) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Remove, change, or subscribe address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/patrician.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/patrician.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/patrician.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".