Friday word: Tantamount
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1word1daytan·ta·mount adjective \ˈtan-tə-ˌmau̇nt\: equivalent in value, significance, or effect
Examples:
His statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt.
They see any criticism of the President as tantamount to treason.
(Ogden Nash)
Etymology:
obsolete tantamount, noun, equivalent, from Anglo-French tant amunter to amount to as much
First Known Use: 1641
Examples:
His statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt.
They see any criticism of the President as tantamount to treason.
| "...Life and I are not convivial, |
| Life is real, life is earnest, while I only think I am real, and know I am trivial. |
| In this imponderable world I lose no opportunity |
| To ponder on picayunity. |
| I would spend either a round amount or a flat amount |
| To know whether a puma is only tantamount to a catamount or paramount to a catamount, |
| It is honey in my cup, |
| When I read of a sprinter sprinting the hundred in ten seconds flat, to think: |
| Golly, suppose he stood up! |
| I guess I am not really reprehensible, |
| Just dispensable." |
Etymology:
obsolete tantamount, noun, equivalent, from Anglo-French tant amunter to amount to as much
First Known Use: 1641
