Message-ID: <8702585.1075858927879.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 21:01:38 -0700 (PDT) From: wsmith@wordsmith.org To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org Subject: A.Word.A.Day--diastema Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Wordsmith @ENRON X-To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged)\Scott, Susan M.\Wordsmith X-Origin: Scott-S X-FileName: SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged).pst diastema (die-uh-STEE-mah) noun, plural diastemata A gap between two adjacent teeth. [Late Latin, from Greek diastema, interval, from diiastanai, to put apart.] WordPix: http://wordsmith.org/words/diastema.gif "The rock band Space Girls has made diastema cool--no wonder teenage girls are flocking to dentists to have their teeth spaced." This week's theme: WordPix, words drawn so that they explain themselves. ............................................................................ Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. - Juvenal, poet (c. 60-140) Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone." Invite your friends and family to join in the quest by sending a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day. It is free! http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/diastema.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/diastema.ram