Wednesday word: promulgate

[trellia-chan.livejournal.com]

promulgate: [proh-muhl-geyt]

verb:

1. To make an idea or a belief known to many people through a public proclamation.

2. To make a new law known through a public announcement.

3. To set forth or publicly teach a new doctrine.

etymology: 1520-1530  Latin prōmulgātus

Comments

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

That's a good one. I knew it, but it's still nice to see the proper definition.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Prōmulgātus breaks into prō-, in the sense of out, extended sense publically + past participle of mulgere, lit. to milk, extended sense of to cause to come forth. Hadn't known that last.

---L.

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

Interesting word, what made you choose it?

[trellia-chan.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to remember... I have a long list of words that I add to when I come across words I don't' know. This one might have come from Frankenstein. :-) .

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

*thumbs up*