Tuesday, August 29, 2006

TODAY'S WORD IS: recumbent (adjective)

Pronounced: rih-KUM-bunt

Meaning: Reclining; lying down.

While the lovers' intricately carved tombs -- with their host of angels
surrounding the recumbent figures of the deceased -- draw crowds, the
soaring space of the Gothic cathedral and the peaceful abbey cloisters seem
to swallow and silence the busloads of visitors.
- Jill Knight Weinberger, "Monuments To Love's Labors", New York Times,
August 15, 1999

Winser was still recumbent but in his frenzy he was trying to writhe his way
back onto his knees, kicking and twisting like a felled animal, struggling
to wedge his heels under him, half rising, only to topple back again onto
his side.
- John le Carré, Single & Single

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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
John 3:16

posted by Ivan at 11:45 PM