A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg virulent PRONUNCIATION: (VIR-yuh-luhnt, -uh-) MEANING: adjective 1. Bitterly hostile. 2. Highly infective. 3. Extremely dangerous. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin virus (poison). Earliest documented use: 1400. USAGE: In those later years, Fred Koch also became a major benefactor and board member of the John Birch Society, the rabidly anti-communist organization founded in 1958 by candy magnate and virulent racist Robert Welch. Tim Dickinson; Inside the Koch Brothers Toxic Empire; Rolling Stone (New York); Sep 24, 2014. (WebCite) See more usage examples of virulent in Vocabularys dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you cant eat money. -Alanis Obomsawin, filmmaker (b. 1932)
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:00:00 +0000
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