Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Word of the Day: Purlicue

Purlicue

Word of the Day: Purlicue

(PUHR-li-kyu)


noun:
1. The space between the extended forefinger and thumb.
2. A flourish or curl at the end of a handwritten word. Also known as curlicue.
3. A discourse, especially its summarizing part.

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2 comments:

  1. A picture says a thousand definitions (well, three)

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  2. Tim - if I was really clever I would have made it the end of a whole page of writing. THEN it would have been three definitions. Right now? it's sadly only two. Sigh.

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