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JadziaDax 11-13-2003 02:20 AM

Word of the day November 13
 
The Word of the Day for November 13 is:

vitiate • \VIH-shee-ayt\ • (verb) 1. to make faulty or defective; impair; 2. to debase in moral or aesthetic status; 3. to make ineffective

A little more information about today’s word:
Here's one for word puzzle lovers -- and anyone else allured by alliteration. The sentence "Vivian vituperated the vicious villain for valuing vice over virtue" contains three words that derive from the same Latin root as "vitiate." Can you identify all three? If you picked "vituperate" (a verb meaning "to scold"), "vicious," and "vice," your puzzle prowess is beyond reproach. Like "vitiate," all three descend from the Latin noun "vitium," meaning "fault" or "vice."

My sentence (using definition #3):
Critics asserted that studies claiming to prove the product safe were vitiated by lack of objectivity on the part of company-hired scientists.

Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition.

Next sentence?

redravin40 11-13-2003 02:48 AM

"I will not vitiate this project because you are in a rush to get it to market," the scientist said to the manager.

mrsandman 11-13-2003 06:24 AM

That’s why she is so hev vitiate food like it was a contest.

spectre 11-13-2003 06:35 AM

The bomb squad vitiated the bomb using a robotic bomb disposal unit.

Tiser 11-13-2003 11:08 AM

Theres only room in my life for one word of the day. Whats the originating source of these?

Anyone else subscribe to dictionary.com's daily mailing? It's great.

Chingal0 11-14-2003 02:19 AM

I vitiated my tv mere weeks before the service contract wore out in hopes of getting a new tv!

collide 11-14-2003 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tiser
Theres only room in my life for one word of the day. Whats the originating source of these?
If you look reeeeeally close, you might notice the small print.

SirGoreaxe 11-16-2003 09:56 PM

I like Picaso my self but Brian will vitiate it just becuase it dosen't show a real life object.


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