Monday, August 21, 2017

paludal, [puh-lood-l, pal-yuh-dl] adjective 

1. of or relating to marshes.
2. produced by marshes, as miasma or disease.

ORIGIN: The English adjective paludal is formed from Latin palūd- (stem of palūs) “swamp, marsh, fen.” The noun palude “swamp, fen” existed in English from the time of Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400), who first used it, to Richard Hakluyt (1552?–1616), the English geographer and editor whose works greatly influenced Shakespeare (1564–1616). Hakluyt used Palude as a part of a place name, as in “the Palude or marshes of Venice.” Italian also uses palude as a common noun and as a place name, in the form Paludo, e.g., San Giacomo in Paludo (a small island in the Venetian lagoon). Italian also has the family name Padula, a metathesized form of palude, for someone who lived in or near a fen or swamp. Paludal entered English in the 19th century. 

 

OOTD

1. "Outfit Of the Day"
2. Usually used on fashion blogs, or other places where people show others that they are wearing or have worn.

"Here is my OOTD."

Same as "Here is my outfit of the day."

History

• Lincoln-Douglas debates: began in the Illinois Senate race; slavery and states' rights were the main issues (1858)
• Mona Lisa: was stolen from the Louvre by a museum employee; she was recovered two years later (1911)
• Leon Trotsky: Soviet revolutionary died of wounds inflicted by a Stalinist assassin with an ice axe (1940)

Birthdays

• Aubrey Beardsley 1872
  
• William Count Basie 1904
• Chris Schenkel 1923
• Jack Weston 1924
• Art Farmer 1928
• Elmo Langley 1928
• Princess Margaret (Britain) 1930
• Melvin Van Peebles 1932
• Wilt Chamberlain 1936
• Kenny Rogers 1938
• James Burton 1939
• Clarence Williams III 1939
• Harold Reid (The Statler Brothers) 1939
• Ernie Maresca 1939 - Musician
• Jackie DeShannon 1944
• Willie Lanier 1945
• Patty McCormack 1945
• Carl Giammarese (The Buckinghams) 1947
• Harry Smith 1951
• Joe Strummer (The Clash) 1952
• Nick Kane (The Mavericks) 1954
• Kim Cattrall 1956
• Kim Sledge (Sister Sledge) 1957
• Budgie (Siouxsie and the Banshees) 1957
• Jim McMahon 1959
• Carrie-Anne Moss 1970
• Liam Howlett (Prodigy) 1971
• Gary Whitta 1972 - Screenwriter, author, video game designer
• Alicia Witt 1975
• Hayden Panettiere 1989