[nrv-hams] FW: A.Word.A.Day--enchiridion

[Carter Craigie]

OK, everybody, better read Danny's enchiridion if you want to operate your
radio properly!!!

 

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Sep 20, 2011

This week's theme
Words about books 

This week's words
vade mecum <http://wordsmith.org/words/vade_mecum.html> 
enchiridion <http://wordsmith.org/words/enchiridion.html> 

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enchiridion 


PRONUNCIATION:

(en-ky-RID-ee-uhn, -kih-)  <http://wordsmith.org/words/enchiridion.mp3> 

 

MEANING:

noun: A handbook or a manual. 

 

ETYMOLOGY:

>From Latin enchiridion, from Greek encheiridion, from en- (in) + cheir
(hand) + -idion (diminutive suffix). Ultimately from the Indo-European root
ghes- (hand) that also gave us cheiromancy (palmistry), chiral (not
superimposable on its mirror image), and surgeon (literally, one who works
with hands). Earliest documented use: 1541. 

 

NOTES:

In the beginning an enchiridion was a book concise enough to be carried in
one's hand, as its origin from Greek cheir (hand) suggests. Both 'handbook'
and 'manual' are literal equivalents of the word from English and Latin
(from Latin manus: hand) respectively. 

 

USAGE:

"What to read: Toronto Life has been the enchiridion for Toronto's savvy
since 1966."
Alexander Besant; Anada's Capital of Cool; Times Union (Albany, New York);
May 16, 2010. 


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