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December 06, 2018 athenaeum [ath-uh-nee-uhm, -ney-] noun 1. a library or reading room. 2. an institution for the promotion of literary or scientific learning. video We Asked People To Translate These Emojis Into English ways-to-say Top 10 Acronyms That Will Make Your Life Easier WORD OF THE DAY athenaeum continued... QUOTES The back of his state-issued S.U.V. is stacked with notebooks filled with ideas and data culled from books and articles and conversations with nearly four hundred experts; it's a kind of rolling athenaeum. -- Tad Friend, "Gavin Newsom, the Next Head of the California Resistance," The New Yorker, November 5, 2018 ORIGIN Athenaeum ultimately derives from Greek Athḗnaion, the name of the temple of Athena in ancient Athens where poets read their works. It entered English in the 1720s. MORE FOR YOU 1 The Social Justice Dictionary You Didn't Know You Needed The language we use to describe social justice changes just as quickly as our advancements do, and it can be hard to keep up. So, we've collected some of the terms and phrases that make up social justice, which is itself a catch-all phrase for movements that work toward greater equality. 2 We Asked: What Is The State Of The Country In 5 Words? We asked people what they thought the state of the country was ... their answers may surprise you. 3 These Words Can Be VERY Awkward To Explain To Kids Kids are like sponges. They soak in the words they hear and see around them, and slowly their vocabularies build. But, sometimes, the words kids see and hear are not exactly PG. 4 The Most Notorious Nicknames In History Nicknames are usually cute endearments we give to friends or loved ones. But sometimes, we attribute nicknames to infamous figures of notoriety. Think "Ivan the Terrible" or "The Butcher of Bosnia" or Vlad the Impaler." Here are the most notorious nicknames in history. 5 We Asked: The Hardest Words You Have To Explain To Kids Some words don't seem very complicated or unique ... until you have to explain them to your kid. This father gives us insight into a word he had to explain to his three-year-old, and it wasn't easy! © 2018 Dictionary.com, LLC. ABOUT CONTACT You are subscribed to the Word of the Day as: matzom229@gmail.com Subscriber since: September 06, 2017 Unsubscribe Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 500 Oakland CA 94607 Manage your subscription Terms & Privacy