Word of The Week

obdurate

adjective|AHB-duh-rut

Definition

1. a: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

        b: hardened in feelings

     

     2: resistant to persuasion or softening influences

When you are confronted with someone obdurate, you may end up feeling dour. During the encounter, you may find that you need to be durable to keep your sanity intact. Maybe you will find such situations less stressful in the future if you can face them knowing that the words obdura,  dour, and durable are etymological kissing cousins. All of those words trace back to the Latin adjective durus, which means "hard." This adjective can still be found in dura mater, the name for the tough fibrous material that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, which comes from a Medieval Latin phrase meaning, literally, "hard mother."

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Word Of The Week

Fugacious

adjective|Foo*GAY*Shus

"Substitute Teachers are Fugacious"

Meaning: lasting a short time: evanescent.

Fugacious is often used to describe immaterial things like emotions, but not always. Botanists, for example, use it to describe plant parts that wither or fall off before the usual time. Things that are fugacious are fleeting, and etymologically they can also be said to be fleeting. Fugacious derives from the Latin verb Fugere, which means "to flee" Other descendants of Fugere include fugitive, refuge, and subterfuge. 

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