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i have been hearing two very interesting words quite frequently these past few days. don't worry, they have not appeared in the same sentence ... yet. don't you love when this happens? you learn a new word or a word that has been forgotten comes back into use ... or at least into your realm of the universe. i think reading for fun has something to do with it ... oh the joys of not being in school!

WORD #1

Main Entry: bur·gle
Pronunciation: \ˈbər-gəl\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): bur·gled; bur·gling \-g(ə-)liŋ\

Etymology: back-formation from burglar

Date: 1870

: burglarize

WORD #2:

Main Entry: eu·nuch
Pronunciation: \ˈyü-nək, -nik\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English eunuk, from Latin eunuchus, from Greek eunouchos, from eunē bed + echein to have, have charge of — more at scheme

Date: 15th century

1 : a castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palace
2 : a man or boy deprived of the testes or external genitals
3 : one that lacks virility or power s>

— eu·nuch·ism\-nə-ˌki-zəm, -ni-\ noun