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Today's Word "pugilist"
"Alf Watson, the pugilist, it appeared, when not engaged in knocking people out, spent his time in playing the flute to soothe his savage breast..." -- Edward Frederic Benson, 'Make Way for Lucia"
Pugilist comes from Latin pugil, a boxer; it is connected with pugnus, a fist. The adjective form is pugilistic. Pugilism is another term for the sport of boxing.
This news arrived on: 10/06/2009
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