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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com enneagram • noun a nine-sided figure used in a particular system of analysis to represent the spectrum of possible personality types. — origin from Greek ennea ‘nine’ + -gram. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com thoughtcrime • noun an instance of unorthodox or controversial thinking, considered as a criminal offence or as socially unacceptable. — origin 1949: from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com Upanishad • noun each of a series of Hindu sacred treatises written in Sanskrit c.800–200 bc, expounding the Vedas in predominantly mystical and monistic terms. — origin from Sanskrit, literally ‘sitting near (i.e. at the feet of a master)’, from upa ‘near’ + ni-sad ‘sit down’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com seltzer • noun [mass noun] dated soda water. • medicinal mineral water from Niederselters in Germany. — origin mid 18th cent.: alteration of German Selterser, from (Nieder)selters (see above). Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com conation • noun [mass noun] Philosophy & Psychology the mental faculty of purpose, desire, or will to perform an action; volition. — origin early 17th cent. (denoting an attempt or endeavour): from Latin conatio(n-), from conari ‘to try’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com Marengo • adjective [postpositive] (of chicken or veal) sautéed in oil, served with a tomato sauce, and traditionally garnished with eggs and crayfish: chicken Marengo. — origin named after Marengo, a village in northern Italy and the site of a battle (1800) in which Napoleon defeated the Austrians, after which the dish is said to have been prepared for him. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com nymphaeum • noun (pl. nymphaea) a grotto or shrine dedicated to a nymph or nymphs. — origin via Latin from Greek. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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