Comments on: Word for the day: opsimath http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/02/22/word-for-the-day-opsimath/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:35:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/02/22/word-for-the-day-opsimath/#comment-16260 Erich Vieth Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:57:34 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/02/22/word-for-the-day-opsimath/#comment-16260 After hearing that I posted on his word of the day, a friend wrote: "If that all it takes to impress Erich, I’ll unleash the rest of the arcane words that I never get to use, lest I be accused of vilipending!" OK, so now I had to go look up "vilipending": 1. To view or treat with contempt; despise. 2. To speak ill of; disparage. After hearing that I posted on his word of the day, a friend wrote: “If that all it takes to impress Erich, I’ll unleash the rest of the arcane words that I never get to use, lest I be accused of vilipending!”

OK, so now I had to go look up “vilipending”: 1. To view or treat with contempt; despise. 2. To speak ill of; disparage.

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