Knowledge

/

ArcaMax

Today's Word "ken"

Perception, understanding, or knowledge on

Published in Vocabulary

ken \KEN\ (noun) - 1 : Perception; understanding; knowledge. 2 : The range of vision. 3 : View; sight.

"Little things, trifles, slip out of one's ken, and one does not think it matter for surprise; but how a so bulky thing as the Seal of England can vanish away and no man be able to get track of it again..." -- Mark Twain, 'The Prince and the Pauper

 

Ken is from Middle English kennen, from Old English cennan, "to declare, to make known."


 

Comments

blog comments powered by Disqus

 

Related Channels

Danny Seo

EcoTips

By Danny Seo
Rob Kyff

The Word Guy

By Rob Kyff

Comics

John Darkow Hagar the Horrible Joey Weatherford Doonesbury Fowl Language Jeff Danziger