November 25, 2013 Word of the Day dragons teeth\DRAG-unz-TEETH\ DEFINITION noun 1 : seeds of strife 2 : wedge-shaped concrete antitank barriers laid in multiple rows EXAMPLES The political analyst insisted that the governments policy was misguided and would only sow dragons teeth by increasing poverty and discontent. Assiduously sown by the Kremlin, the dragons teeth of demagoguery, paranoia, xenophobia, anti-Westernism, intolerance, and obscurantism are bound to yield a toxic harvest when the regime falters or loses control outright. — From an article by Leon Aron, posted October 24, 2013 at american DID YOU KNOW? In Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynnes child, Pearl, never created a friend, but seemed always to be sowing broadcast the dragons teeth, whence sprung a harvest of armed enemies, against whom she rushed to battle. In Hawthorne and elsewhere, dragons teeth alludes to a story involving Cadmus, the legendary Phoenician hero reputed to have founded Thebes and invented the alphabet. The tale holds that Cadmus killed a dragon and planted its teeth in the ground. From the teeth sprang fierce armed men who battled one another until all were dead but five. These founded the noblest families of Thebes and helped build its citadel. Test Your Memory: What former Word of the Day has 3 syllables, begins with s, and means a very small amount? The answer is …
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