Word Of The Day

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Paladin ( Noun)

PRONUNCIATION: (PAL-uh-din) MEANING:

1. A strong supporter of a cause. 2. A heroic champion.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French paladin, from Italian paladino, from palatinus ([officer] of the palace). After Palatine, the name of the centermost of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built. Roman emperors had their palaces on this hill. Other words such as palace and palatine derive from the same source. The 12 peers in Charlemagne's court were also called paladins.
USAGE:

"Evo Morales has been a paladin for Mother Earth, recently pushing for international adoption of a Bolivian law granting nature rights." "There are those who want Mario Balotelli to be a trailblazer, a paladin of integration. Some kind of cross between Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Jackie Robinson."

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Denouement (

Noun

PRONUNCIATION: (day-noo-MAHN) MEANING:

The final resolution of the plot of a story or a complex sequence of events.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French dnouement (outcome or conclusion; literally, untying), from dnouer (to unknot or undo), from de- (away from) + nouer (to tie), from Latin nodus (knot). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ned- (to bind), which is also the source of node, noose, annex, connect, ouch, and nettle.

USAGE:

"But in Japan's narrative, the denouement is elusive. This disaster story keeps building, growing worse."

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