topic December 22, 2010 in Community Chat https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/December-22-2010/m-p/7031#M2670 <H2 class="normal">December 22, 2010</H2> <H1 class="main_hdr">Word of the Day</H1> <DIV class="sidexside"> <UL> <LI><STRONG class="main_entry_word">numinous</STRONG></LI> <LI><SPAN class="pron">NOO-muh-nus</SPAN></LI> </UL> </DIV> <DIV class="sidexside"> <UL class="ulleaders" style="background: url(/images/dots_athletics_bkg_repeatx.gif) repeat-x scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> <LI><STRONG class="hdrleaders">DEFINITION</STRONG></LI> </UL> </DIV> <P class="word_function">adjective</P> <DIV class="d"> <DIV class="sblk"> <DIV class="snum">1</DIV> <DIV class="scnt"><SPAN class="ssens"><STRONG>:</STRONG> supernatural, mysterious</SPAN></DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="sblk"> <DIV class="snum">2</DIV> <DIV class="scnt"><SPAN class="ssens"><STRONG>:</STRONG> filled with a sense of the presence of divinity <STRONG>:</STRONG> holy</SPAN></DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="sblk"> <DIV class="snum">3</DIV> <DIV class="scnt"><SPAN class="ssens"><STRONG>:</STRONG> appealing to the higher emotions or to the aesthetic sense <STRONG>:</STRONG> spiritual</SPAN></DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="sidexside"> <UL class="ulleaders" style="background: url(/images/dots_athletics_bkg_repeatx.gif) repeat-x scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> <LI><STRONG class="hdrleaders">EXAMPLES</STRONG></LI> </UL> </DIV> <P class="word_example_didu">As she listened to the choir sing in the candlelit sanctuary, Marianne was overcome by a sense of <EM>numinous</EM> awe.<BR /> <BR /> "The instrumental interlude is notated as a musical staff drawn in a circle with eight more musical staffs protruding as 'musical rays.' It’s hard to follow but easy to understand, a thing of <EM>numinous</EM> visual and aural beauty." --From a review by Mark Swed in the <EM>Los Angeles Times</EM>, November 17, 2010</P> <DIV class="sidexside"> <UL class="ulleaders" style="background: url(/images/dots_athletics_bkg_repeatx.gif) repeat-x scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> <LI><STRONG class="hdrleaders">DID YOU KNOW?</STRONG></LI> </UL> </DIV> <P>"Numinous" is from the Latin word "numen," meaning "divine will" or "nod" (it suggests a figurative nodding, of assent or of command, of the divine head). English speakers have been using "numen" for centuries with the meaning "a spiritual force or influence." We began using "numinous" in the mid-1600s, subsequently endowing it with several senses: "supernatural" or "mysterious" (as in "possessed of a numinous energy force"), "holy" (as in "the numinous atmosphere of the catacombs"), and "appealing to the aesthetic sense" (as in "the numinous nuances of her art"). We also created the nouns "numinousness" and "numinosity," although these are rare.</P> Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:33:19 GMT DreamWeaver 2010-12-23T03:33:19Z December 22, 2010 https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/December-22-2010/m-p/7031#M2670 <H2 class="normal">December 22, 2010</H2> <H1 class="main_hdr">Word of the Day</H1> <DIV class="sidexside"> <UL> <LI><STRONG class="main_entry_word">numinous</STRONG></LI> <LI><SPAN class="pron">NOO-muh-nus</SPAN></LI> </UL> </DIV> <DIV class="sidexside"> <UL class="ulleaders" style="background: url(/images/dots_athletics_bkg_repeatx.gif) repeat-x scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> <LI><STRONG class="hdrleaders">DEFINITION</STRONG></LI> </UL> </DIV> <P class="word_function">adjective</P> <DIV class="d"> <DIV class="sblk"> <DIV class="snum">1</DIV> <DIV class="scnt"><SPAN class="ssens"><STRONG>:</STRONG> supernatural, mysterious</SPAN></DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="sblk"> <DIV class="snum">2</DIV> <DIV class="scnt"><SPAN class="ssens"><STRONG>:</STRONG> filled with a sense of the presence of divinity <STRONG>:</STRONG> holy</SPAN></DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="sblk"> <DIV class="snum">3</DIV> <DIV class="scnt"><SPAN class="ssens"><STRONG>:</STRONG> appealing to the higher emotions or to the aesthetic sense <STRONG>:</STRONG> spiritual</SPAN></DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="sidexside"> <UL class="ulleaders" style="background: url(/images/dots_athletics_bkg_repeatx.gif) repeat-x scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> <LI><STRONG class="hdrleaders">EXAMPLES</STRONG></LI> </UL> </DIV> <P class="word_example_didu">As she listened to the choir sing in the candlelit sanctuary, Marianne was overcome by a sense of <EM>numinous</EM> awe.<BR /> <BR /> "The instrumental interlude is notated as a musical staff drawn in a circle with eight more musical staffs protruding as 'musical rays.' It’s hard to follow but easy to understand, a thing of <EM>numinous</EM> visual and aural beauty." --From a review by Mark Swed in the <EM>Los Angeles Times</EM>, November 17, 2010</P> <DIV class="sidexside"> <UL class="ulleaders" style="background: url(/images/dots_athletics_bkg_repeatx.gif) repeat-x scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> <LI><STRONG class="hdrleaders">DID YOU KNOW?</STRONG></LI> </UL> </DIV> <P>"Numinous" is from the Latin word "numen," meaning "divine will" or "nod" (it suggests a figurative nodding, of assent or of command, of the divine head). English speakers have been using "numen" for centuries with the meaning "a spiritual force or influence." We began using "numinous" in the mid-1600s, subsequently endowing it with several senses: "supernatural" or "mysterious" (as in "possessed of a numinous energy force"), "holy" (as in "the numinous atmosphere of the catacombs"), and "appealing to the aesthetic sense" (as in "the numinous nuances of her art"). We also created the nouns "numinousness" and "numinosity," although these are rare.</P> Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:33:19 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/December-22-2010/m-p/7031#M2670 DreamWeaver 2010-12-23T03:33:19Z