Word of the Day and Bonus Thursday

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Let's see... a few sentences using the word of the day, and then you post that in the comments. Have fun!

Penultimate

[pi-nəl-tə-mət]Part of speech: adjective

Origin: latin, 17th century

• Next to last in a series
• The next-to-last syllable of a single word

Examples of Penultimate in a sentence

• The penultimate episode of the series was much more emotional than the finale.
• The penultimate syllable of the word penultimate is 'ti.'

The penultimate action before escaping was to somehow disarm the guard.

Bonus Word

Peripatetic

[/ˌperēpəˈtedik/]Part of speech: adjective

Origin: greek

• Relating to traveling from one place to another
• Moving around on foot

Examples of Peripatetic in a sentence

• After several years in the military, he was growing weary of his peripatetic lifestyle.
• Her wanderlust shines through in her peripatetic adventures.

About Peripatetic

Nomads, soldiers, and restless explorers all lead peripatetic lives. The term refers to anyone who travels from one place to another on foot, but its most specific definition applies to those who do so for fun. As they say, not all who wander are lost.

Did you Know?

Peripatetic also refers to the followers of Aristotle, whose teachings inspired a school of philosophy. Though informal, the institution had a strong influence on subsequent thinkers.

Comments

[pfrye.livejournal.com]

Mr. Waverly, the elder statesman of UNCLE was indulging in something he seldom did. He sat at his desk, cup of tea and his favorite briar in hand, no files or agents to distract him, and pondered his youth and the fate that brought him to this point in his life. He marveled how his peripatetic lifestyle in the military and intelligence service brought him to UNCLE. He wondered if this was his final stop on his lifetime journey or if he had enough years left to make UNCLE his penultimate accomplishment.

[banemmanan.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's wonderful, it really is. I always marvel at your creative use of the prompts each day.

[pfrye.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I am putting all my "words of the day" on AO3 under "Waverly Words"

[sidhe-uaine42.livejournal.com]

Mark smiled internally, reveling in the thought of the penultimate stop on his peripatetic mission. *Ah, some steak and ale pie and a pint of ale will do nicely when I get home.*

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Killing Solo and Kuryakin was the penultimate goal of every THRUSH agent with half a brain. Luckily for the UNCLE agents as they encountered these peripatetic idiots, the partners realized most of them had no brains at all.