March 21, 2009 - animality

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animality [ an-uh-mal-i-tee]
noun

Definition:
1. The state of being an animal; the characteristics or nature of an animal.
2. Animals considered as a group; the animal kingdom.
3. The physical (or animal) aspect of humans, as opposed to the spirit or intellect .

Origin:
animal (Middle English, from Latin, animāle, neuter of animālis, living, from anima, soul) + -ity (a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition, derived from Latin -itas)

Example:
The dog endures the same confinement as human city dwellers and yet remains capable of a joyful animality that human beings fear they have lost forever.
--A Critic at Large: Dog Days (The New Yorker)

March 22nd- Pukka

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I apologize for last week, spring break and no internet connection didn't really work in my favor.


pukka \PUHK-uh\, adjective

Definition:
1. Authentic; genuine.
2. Good of its kind; first-class.

Example:
He talks like the quintessential pukka Australian, with every lingual quirk intact in his speech.

Origin:
Pukka comes from Hindi pakka, "cooked, ripe," from Sanskrit pakva-, from pacati, "he cooks."