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Mar 20, 2019
This week’s themeWords that violate the i-before-e rule
This week’s words
reveille
facies
mythopoeic
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A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Gargmythopoeic or mythopeic
PRONUNCIATION:
(mith-uh-PEE-ik), also mythopoetic (-po-ET-ik) 
MEANING:
adjective: Relating to the making of myths.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek mythos (myth) + poiein (to make). Earliest documented use: 1846.
USAGE:
“The work ... is rich with literary and mythopoeic allusions. The story of Jonah’s sojourn in the whale’s belly comes readily enough to mind -- and Pinocchio’s too.”
Gary Michael Dault; Venture into the Belly of a Whale; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Nov 22, 2008.
Gary Michael Dault; Venture into the Belly of a Whale; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Nov 22, 2008.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness. -Henrik Ibsen, playwright (20 Mar 1828-1906) 
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