Word of the
Day for Thursday 22nd May 2014
Nettle \ NET-l \,
verb;
1.
To irritate, annoy, or provoke.
2. To sting as a nettle does.
noun:
1. Any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle
family.
2. Any of various allied or similar plants.
Quotes:
The high and lofty airs of these patricians always nettled him.
-- Hopkinson Smith, "The Fortunes of Oliver Horn," Scribner's Magazine,
1902
Kennedy was so nettled by Halberstam's dispatches… that the president
was still seeking, just a week before the November 1963 coup, to have
Halberstam transferred away from Saigon.
-- Francis X. Winters, The Year of the Hare: America in Vietnam , 1999
Origin:
Nettle may share a base with the word net, a connection that can be traced
to the use of the fiber of the nettle plant for weaving.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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