Today's Word "Anodyne"

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Vocabulary For You Wednesday November 4, 2009 Today's Word "Anodyne" New Healthy Life Daily Videos Test your word knowledge with free interactive games: Crossword....Vocabulary Hangman....and other Word Games! Today's Word "Anodyne" anodyne \AE-neh-din\ (adjective) - Alleviating or reducing pain; soothing or comforting. "There is nothing so anodyne as one of mama's apple pies after traveling for weeks and eating at diners and fast-food joints." Today's word originated in Greek anodynos "free from pain," based on an-"without" + odyne "pain." "Odyne" is related to English "eat;" both originate in Proto-Indo-European od-/ed- "bite." In Germanic languages the [d] became [t], which changed to [ss] in German (as in Wasser "water"), so we are not surprised to find essen "to eat" in German. German fressen "to feed, devour" also goes back to Proto-Germanic fra- "completely" + etan "to eat up," which we inherited as fret "to wear or be eaten away, to worry." Comment on this Story | Printer Friendly | | Send Story to a Friend | Top New Healthy Life Daily Videos Could acupuncture treatment help breast cancer? Check out this video and learn about the latest research. More videos like this, including more of the latest health studies and reports from doctors, are available free with a subscription to ArcaMax's Healthy Life Daily Video ezine. Sign up for this brand-new newsletter and get a new video report by e-mail every day! Susbcribe to the Healthly Life Daily Video ezine instantly. Find out more before subscribing. -- From the ArcaMax editors Recent Stories    Today's Word "pantheon"    Today's Word "surly"    Today's Word "fatidic"    How to Avoid a Splitting Headache    Today's Word "turbid"   More From ArcaMax Publishing Newsletters: Comics - Knowledge - Lifestyles - News - More Classic Books: Fiction - Non Fiction - Short Stories - Sci Fi - More More: Quizzes - Sudoku - Crossword - Weather - Sports - Columns En Español: Ultimas Noticias - Tiras Comicas - Deportes - Sudoku Ad Free Newsletter ArcaMax publications are now available in an "advertising-free" format. Please click here for details.	Quick Clicks Free Customized Marlboro Tee Shirt Claim your FREE gift – a 2010 beautifully crafted desk calendar Claim Your Cherry Red LG Washer & Dryer Set - FREE!
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