ext_29513 ([identity profile] kaige68.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1_million_words2013-01-31 09:15 am

Word of the day 1/31/13 Intemerate

From Dictionary.com

intemerate \in-TEM-er-it\

adjective:
- Inviolate; undefiled; unsullied; pure.

Intemerate comes from the Latin root emerā which meant "to violate, desecrate." The prefix in- means "not" as in the words indefensible and inexpensive.

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The Grandmaster (100 words)

[identity profile] azziria.livejournal.com 2013-02-01 10:35 am (UTC)(link)

"You've missed a letter."

"Have not."

"Yes you have. The word's 'intemperate', Danny, with a 'p' – intemperate, lacking in self-control, just like you."

"I have not missed a letter, Steven. My word is 'intemerate', without a 'p', meaning unsullied and pure, just like my beautiful daughter. And with two double letter scores and a triple word score that earns me 42 points."

Steve sighs and marks up the scores. His own vocabulary is wide - just because he doesn't use words doesn't mean he doesn't know them - but he really should know better than to play Scrabble with Danny.

Re: The Grandmaster (100 words)

[identity profile] azziria.livejournal.com 2013-02-01 10:48 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks :)