March 17, 2003

VOCABULARY OF VICTORY:

Word of the Day (WordSmith)
instauration (in-sto-RAY-shuhn) noun

1. Renewal; renovation; restoration.

2. An act of founding or establishing something.

[From Latin instauration-, from instauratio, from instaurare (to renew).
Other words derived from the same root are: store, restore, and stow.]


The Other Brother (from the same Mother) noted last week that the Yahoo! words of the day were hauntingly paralleling French capitulation. Meanwhile, this week, Word Smith starts off with a word of the day that might be the motto for the coming war. Posted by Orrin Judd at March 17, 2003 11:54 AM
Comments

Has anybody actually used this word since Francis Bacon?

Posted by: Harry Eagar at March 17, 2003 1:56 PM

J Lo?

Posted by: oj at March 17, 2003 2:26 PM
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