Sunday, 10 July 2011
Disambiguate
To disambiguate means to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”
(Thanks to Dictionary.com for the example.)
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Matutinal
I am always at my bestv in the matutinal hours.
Matutinal is an adjective meaning pertaining to or occurring in the morning; early in the day. It comes from the Latin matutinalis which meant early or beloning to the morning. Matut was a Goddess of the Dawn.
Matutemia or matutemea is mrning sickness or morning vomiting during pregnancy.
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