Word of the Day: Cooperate

by PDG Scott McLaughlin | Jul 6, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Cooperate

co-op-er-ate / kōˈäpəˌrāt

verb

1. to work with others towards a common goal

It’s not competition and greed that makes the world go around, it’s cooperating and caring.

Ed Mayo, 1964-

2. to associate with others for mutually beneficial reasons

I believe in cooperating for the common good.

Erskine Bowles, 1945-

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club. In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year. They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students. Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project. They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study. Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.

Word of the Day: Lackadaisical

by PDG Scott McLaughlin | Jul 5, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Lackadaisical

lack-a-dais-i-cal / lakəˈdāzək(ə)l

adjective

1. lacking spirit or zest

Overwhelming abundance often leads to a lackadaisical mentality, which brings about a sedentary lifestyle.

Darren Hardy, ?-

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club. In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year. They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students. Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project. They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study. Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.

Word of the Day: Valor

by PDG Scott McLaughlin | Jul 4, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Valor

val-or / ˈvalər

noun

1. bravery; strength of mind allowing someone to encounter danger boldly

The colors of the flag may thus be explained:

The red is for valor, zeal, and fervency;

the white for hope, purity, cleanliness of life and rectitude of conduct;

the blue, the color of heaven, for reverence to God, loyalty, sincerity, justice and truth.

John L. Duffy, ?-

Etymology

First recorded in the 14th century, valor initially meant “value or worth.” The word comes from an Old French word valour, meaning “moral worth, merit.” This word has Latin roots, coming from valorem, from the stem valere, “be strong, be worthy.” The first time the word was associated with courage was an Italian word, valore, in the 16th century.

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club. In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year. They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students. Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project. They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study. Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.

Word of the Day: Blue

by PDG Scott McLaughlin | Jul 3, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Blue

blue / blo͞o

adjective

1. of the color between green and violet on the spectrum

Blue skies smiling at me,

Nothing but blue skies do I see.

Irving Berlin, 1888-1989

2. of the skin, discolored due to cold

I play until my fingers are blue and stiff from the cold, and then I keep on playing.

From ‘Revolution’ by Jennifer Donnelly, 1963-

3. melancholy; in low spirits

Mama says that, happiness is from magic rays of sunshine that come down when you’re feeling blue.

Adam Sandler, 1966-

4. tinged with the coolest of primary colors

So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home.

From ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940

5. risqué

If you don’t want to hear a joke that’s blue, you shouldn’t go to a comedy club where a comedian who makes blue jokes is performing.

Gilbert Gottfried, 1955-

6. in music, a note that creates discordance

Most other American vernacular music uses blue notes tool jazz, funk, rock, country, gospel, folk and so on.

http://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2010/blue-notes/

noun

1. the primary color which falls in between green and violet on the spectrum

Blue is the color of peace.

Antonio Brown, 1988-

2. something in a shade of the coolest primary color

The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night.

From ‘Dance Dance Dance’ by Haruki Murakami, 1949-

3. plural, a genre of music characterized by a call-and-response pattern; often capitalized

Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance.

Wynton Marsalis, 1961-

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club. In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year. They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students. Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project. They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study. Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.

Word of the Day: White

by PDG Scott McLaughlin | Jul 2, 2019 | The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

Word of the Day: White

white / (h)wīt

adjective

1. of the color of milk or new snow

Even the white lily casts a shadow.

Hungarian Proverb

2. light in color

Yellow gold is plentiful compared to white-haired friends.

Chinese Proverb

3. belonging to a group of people with light skin pigmentation, usually of European descent; Caucasian

As long as the white man stutter, the interpreters have a lot of work.

African Proverb

4. unmarked by print or writing

We have all seized the white perimeter as our own

And reached for a pen if only to show

We did not just laze in an armchair turning pages…

From ‘Marginalia’ by Billy Collins, 1941-

5. harmless

Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.

Austin O’Malley, 1858-1932

6. snowy

Song falls silent, music is dumb,

But the air burns with their fragrance,

And white winter, on its knees,

Observes everything with reverent attention.

From ‘In Vyborg’ by Anna Akhmatova, 1889-1966

7. pale in complexion due to fear or illness

Though Macbeth was a bold man, and one that could have faced the devil without trembling, at this horrible sight his cheeks turned white with fear.

From ‘Tales of Shakespeare’ by Charles Lamb, 1775-1834, and Mary Lamb, 1764-1847

8. pure; innocent

The bride, the white bride today a maiden, tomorrow a wife.

Federico Garcia Lorca, 1898-1859

noun

1. a color with no hue located at the opposite end of the spectrum to black

Life is not black and white; there is some gray nuance to it.

Pilou Asbaek, 1982-

2. a person with light skin pigmentation

We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.

Oliver Tambo, 1917-1993

3. a light viscous fluid surrounding the yolk of an egg

Hope is an egg, of which one man gets the yolk, another the white, and a third the shell.

Danish Proverb

4. the light part of an eyeball

Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!

Attributed to William H. Prescott, 1796-1859

5. clothing in the color at the opposite end of the spectrum to black

When in doubt, wear white.

Kate Hudson, 1979-

6b. a wedding dress in the traditional color

Here comes the bride

All dressed in white.

Children’s Rhyme

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club. In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year. They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students. Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project. They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study. Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.