Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 11, 2013 spelunk spi-LUHNGK, - TopicsExpress



          

Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 11, 2013 spelunk spi-LUHNGK, verb: to explore caves, especially as a hobby. They were flown to Lebanon to ski the unlikely snow, sail the Mediterranean, spelunk the Jeita cave. -- Kim Barnes, In the Kingdom of Men. 2012 The pair of young German professors spelunking with their electric torches in the rafters of the Old-New Synagogue, or Altneuschul, had, as it happened, gone away disappointed; for the attic under the stair-stepped gables of the old Gothic synagogue was a cenotaph. -- Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, 2000 Spelunk entered English in the 1300s from the Latin spelunca meaning "cave" or "cavern."
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:42:07 +0000

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