Sunday, January 14, 2018

desinence \DES-uh-nuhns\, noun:

1. A termination or ending, as the final line of a verse.

2. Grammar. A termination, ending, or suffix of a word.

Like descent, desinence is related to the Latin word dēsinere which meant "to put down or leave."

 

Passenger assessment

• The tendency, especially while waiting for a plane, to scan one's fellow passengers for signs of violent intention. This tends to increase after an airline incident or near incident.

Jake surreptitiously looked up and down the many aisles of chairs as he waited for his plane to arrive at the gate. Passenger assessment is an essential part of flying these days. he rationalized.

History

• Marilyn Monroe: blonde bombshell wed legendary Yankee Joe DiMaggio; the marriage lasted less than a year, but DiMaggio remained devoted long after that (1954)
• Human Be-In: counterculture event took place in San Francisco, preceding the Summer of Love (1967)
• Margrethe II: ascended the throne of Denmark as its first reigning queen since the early 1400s, thanks to a constitutional amendment that allowed female succession (1972)
• Miami Dolphins: beat the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII, becoming the first, and so far only, NFL team to have an undefeated season (1973)

Birthdays

• Benedict Arnold 1741
• Henri Fantin-Latour 1836
• Albert Schweitzer 1875
• Cecil Beaton 1904
• William Bendix 1906
• Russ Columbo 1908
• Mark Goodson 1915
• Billy Butterfield (World’s Greatest Jazz Band) 1917
• Andy Rooney 1919
• Tom Tryon 1926
• Billy Walker 1929
• Caterina Valente 1931
• Clarence Carter 1936
• Sonny Siebert 1937
• Billy Jo Spears 1937
  
• Jack Jones 1938
• Allen Toussaint 1938
• Julian Bond 1940
• Faye Dunaway 1941
• Gibby Gilbert 1941
• Holland Taylor 1943
• Shannon Lucid
• Graham Marsh 1944
• Gene Washington
• Carl Weathers 1948
• T-Bone Burnett 1948
• Lawrence Kasdan 1948
• Geoff Tate (Queensryche) 1959
• Steven Soderbergh 1963
• Mark Addy 1964
• Slick Rick 1965
• Dan Scheider 1966
• Tom Rhodes 1967
• Emily Watson 1967
• L.L. Cool J (James Todd Smith) 1968
• Jason Bateman 1969
• Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana) 1969
• Jordan Ladd 1975