This week's theme: insults. quisquilian (kwis-KWIL-ee-uhn) adjective
Worthless, trifling. [From Latin quisquiliae (waste, rubbish).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "It is painful to attack a writer as young in years and in time spent working at his craft as Chris Columbus, yet what are we to make of someone whose credits to date include Reckless, Gremlins, Goonies and the quisquilian subject under examination here?" Harlan Ellison and Leonard Maltin; Harlan Ellison's Watching; M Press; 2008. Sponsors' messages: Uppityshirts fit smart people like Dad to a tee. Cheek, wit and charm + Free Shipping = the perfect gift! Order now: http://uppityshirts.com See a map of your word in the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=h7q ............................................................................ The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. -Anatole France, novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (1844-1924) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/quisquilian.mp3 Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/quisquilian.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
