A Pound of Thoughts

impassible \im-PASS-uh-buhl\, adjective:
1. Incapable of suffering; not subject to harm or pain.
2. Unfeeling or not showing feeling.

Origin:  Impassible is from Late Latin impassibilis, from Latin in-, “not” + Late Latin passibilis, “passible; capable of feeling or suffering” from Latin passus, past participle of pati, “to suffer.” It is related to passion, which originally meant “suffering” but came to apply to any strong feeling or emotion.

Source:  Dictionary.com

Today’s word of the day is especially fitting, today being the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.  Our thoughts will be plangent today as we remember those this country - as well as other countries - lost.  My heart and prayers are still with the families who still grieve for their loved ones.  May we never forget, and may we never surrender.

plangent \PLAN-juhnt\, adjective:
1. Beating with a loud or deep sound, as, “the plangent wave.”
2. Expressing sadness; plaintive.

Origin:  Plangent derives from the present participle of Latin plangere, to beat, to strike (noisily), especially to strike the breast, head, etc. as a sign of grief.

Source:  Dictionary.com

indurate \IN-dur-it; -dyur-\, adjective:
1. Physically or morally hardened; unfeeling; stubborn.

 Origin: 
Indurate is derived from the past participle of Latin indurare, from in-, intensive prefix + durare, “to harden,” from durus, “hard.”

Source:  Dictionary.com

Here’s a good scientific term for the WOTD.

stasis \STAY-sis; STAS-is\, noun;
plural stases \STAY-seez; STAS-eez\:
1. A state of balance, equilibrium, or stagnation.
2. Stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid or semifluid.

Origin:  Stasis comes from Greek stasis, “a standing still,” from histasthai, “to stand.”

Example Sentence: 

Whether trabeated, arcuated, or suspended, a structure seeks stasis by balancing forces in tension and compression.
– James F. O’Gorman, ABC of Architecture

Source:  Dictionary.com

Here’s today’s word of the day…I didn’t post one here yesterday; I’ve got to be more diligent. 

coruscate \KOR-uh-skayt\, intransitive verb:
1. To give off or reflect bright beams or flashes of light; to sparkle.
2. To exhibit brilliant, sparkling technique or style.

Source:  Dictionary.com

riposte \rih-POST\, noun:
1. A quick thrust given after parrying an opponent’s lunge in fencing.
2. A quick and effective reply by word or act.

intransitive verb:
1. To make a riposte.

Example Sentence:

She had an agile, teasing sense of humor that included a sure grasp of the absurd and an instinct for punchy ripostes.
– Sally Bedell Smith, Diana in Search of Herself

Origin:

Riposte derives from Italian risposta, “an answer,” from rispondere, “to answer,” from Latin respondere, “to promise in return, to answer,” from re- + spondere, “to promise.”

Source: Dictionary.com

confabulation \kon-FAB-yuh-lay-shuhn\, noun:
1. Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.
2. (Psychology) A plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered.

Here’s a little history on the word: Confabulation comes from Late Latin confabulatio, from the past participle of Latin confabulari, “to talk together,” from con-, “together, with” + fabulari, “to talk.” It is related to fable, “a fiction, a tale,” and to fabulous, “so incredible or astonishing as to resemble or suggest a fable.”

And a short example sentence:

Their sentiments were reflected neither in the elegant exchanges between the Viceroy and Secretary of State, nor in the unlovely confabulations between the Congress and the League managers.
– Mushirul Hasan, “Partition: The Human Cost”, History Today, September 1997

Here’s the word for today: 

sotto voce \SAH-toh-VOH-chee\, adverb or adjective:
1. Spoken low or in an undertone, as not to be overheard.
2. (Music) In very soft tones. Used chiefly as a direction.

Source:  Dictionary.com

La palabra español para esta día es disgustar:

disgustar, verb:
to upset

Oración ejemplo (Example Sentence):

Me disgustó su tono.
His tone upset me.

Here’s some interesting information regarding disgustado, which I would think means “disgusted”.  It actually means “upset”.  The word to use for “disgusted” is indignado.

Está disgustado porque no aprobó el examen.
He’s upset because he failed the exam.

Estaba indignado con su comportamiento.
.I was disgusted at his behavior.

Source:  Dictionary.com

pecuniary \pih-KYOO-nee-air-ee\, adjective:
1. Relating to money; monetary.
2. Consisting of money.
3. Requiring payment of money.

Origin:
Pecuniary comes from Latin pecuniarius, “of money, pecuniary,” from pecunia, “property in cattle, hence money,” from pecu, “livestock, one’s flocks and herds.”

Example Sentence:
He lacked the finer element of conscience which looks upon Art as a sacred calling, she remembered, and because of “pecuniary necessities” he “scattered his forces in many different and unworthy directions.”
– James F. O’Gorman, Accomplished in All Departments of Art

Source:  Dictionary.com