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Today's Word "contretemps"
"On the card nest to them was written, 'With my most humble apologies for the contretemps of this afternoon. I hope I may be allowed to invite you for dinner after an appropriate period of penance. Josh Hillman.'" -- Judith Krantz, 'Scruples'
Contretemps comes from French, from contre, "against" (from Latin contra) + temps, "time" (from Latin tempus).
This news arrived on: 06/15/2009
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06-29-2009 23:19
Beorht wrote:
contretemps
hey, 'nest' for 'next' ?
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