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Monday, July 21, 2014

SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: POEMR

SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY:    

 POEMR


PRONUNCIATION:
 (PRO-uhm, -em)

MEANING:
noun: An introduction, preface, or preamble.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old French proeme, from Latin prooemium, from Greek prooimion, from pro- (before) + oime (song). Earliest documented use: 1410.

USAGE:
"However,. if one carries on reading beyond the proem and carefully examines the main body ..."
Eleni Kechagia; Plutarch Against Colotes; Oxford University Press; 2011
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