This week's theme: words to describe people. macroscian (muh-KROSH-i-uhn) noun
1. One casting a long shadow. 2. One who inhabits polar regions. [From Greek macros (long) + skia (shadow).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Fix me up with the longest of shadows, Lord. And without my having to go pole-wards. ... And show that we're all up- and-coming macroscians now, with nothing to fear from prerogative." M.F. Dail; Vague Shadows of a Former Self; Trafford Publishing; 2006. Sponsored by: Get revenge on Scrabble nerds and their silly short odd words. Play WildWords. Win with long words and creative thinking. See how at: http://www.wildwords.us Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=m7r Free! Extra issue of any of Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Subscribe at: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith7 ........................................................................... I had a lover's quarrel with the world. -Robert Frost, poet (1874-1963 Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/macroscian.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/macroscian.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/macroscian.html
