Word of the Day
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Deference (noun) – Submission, yielding to another’s opinion, giving in courteously to another’s judgment or wishes, giving respect with courtesy (from defer, which is the verb from Middle English and Latin)
Word in a Sentence: In my novel Choices Meant for Gods, Nigel shows deference to Hrazon’s decision to stay behind in Arcana, although he would have preferred the wizard had accompanied Chariss and Rohne on their trip to Tiurlang for added protection on the road.
Your turn! Do you have any “courteous” sentences you can write up for me today?
And I apologize for yesterday’s word not coming through. We’ll save it for another time… Oops.
“Some days, I just want the dragon to eat the computer.”
Tags: Choices Meant for Gods, word
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Deference (noun) – Submission, yielding to another’s opinion, giving in courteously to another’s judgment or wishes, giving respect with courtesy (from defer, which is the verb from Middle English and Latin)
Word in a Sentence: In my novel Choices Meant for Gods, Nigel shows deference to Hrazon’s decision to stay behind in Arcana, although he would have preferred the wizard had accompanied Chariss and Rohne on their trip to Tiurlang for added protection on the road.
Your turn! Do you have any “courteous” sentences you can write up for me today?
And I apologize for yesterday’s word not coming through. We’ll save it for another time… Oops.
“Some days, I just want the dragon to eat the computer.”
Tags: Choices Meant for Gods, word
posted by Sandy Lender | 6:42 AM
2 Comments:
I wish my 15-year-old stepgranddaughter here would just learn the principle of deference and stop wearing her stepmother's sneakers! It's not like she hasn't been told about this MANY times in the past but utilizing that idea would certainly make life for everyone in the house much easier - at least on the eardrums, if nothing else.
Does she listen to Franz Ferdinand? They've got a song where the fellow sings the word "deference" with great disdain. I love it. A teen would love it, too.
Sandy L.
"Some days, I just want the dragon to win."
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