This week's theme: words related to beards. Jericho (JER-i-ko) noun
A place out of the way; an unspecified place; a place of concealment. Often used in the phrase "go to Jericho". [After Jericho, an ancient city of Palestine, northwest of the Dead Sea, where David had his servants wait until their beards had grown. As in Samuel, a book of the Bible, "And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown."] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=jericho -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "The best advice as you worry whether your mail lottery envelope will end up in Jacobs Field or shipped by mistake to Jericho is to savor every anxious moment of this season." Bud Shaw; No Tribe Season Will Match This; The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio); Sep 21, 1995. "William Ohly vowed to fight the proposed barrier. `They want walls? Let 'em go to Jericho.' Janet H. Cho; Plantation to Wall Out Part of Sunrise; The Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida); Jul 21, 1995. Public service message: Please donate to these organizations to help with disaster relief: Doctors Without Borders: http://doctorswithoutborders.org/ Unicef: http://unicef.org/ ............................................................................ There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor. -George Santayana, philosopher (1863-1952) 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/jericho.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/jericho.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/jericho.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
