Thanksgiving (U.S.)
HIATUShi·a·tus /haɪˈeɪtəs/ Pronunciation[hahy-ey-tuhs]
–noun, plural -tus·es, -tus.
- a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
- a missing part; gap or lacuna: Scholars attempted to account for the hiatus in the medieval manuscript.
- any gap or opening.
- Grammar, Prosody. the coming together, with or without break or slight pause, and without contraction, of two vowels in successive words or syllables, as in see easily.
- Anatomy. a natural fissure, cleft, or foramen in a bone or other structure.
- a period of a couple days during which the primary contributor to this blog sits down with family and friends and contemplates the extraordinary good fortune heaped on his plate of life.
[Origin: 1555–65; < L hiātus opening, gap, equiv. to hiā(re) to gape, open + -tus suffix of v. action]
Source: hiatus. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved July 15, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hiatus
Our flamingo has dressed for Thanksgiving in hopes that we really will eat the other big bird (and I don't mean the bald eagle). We will, and we'll be thankful too.
Thanks to all of you, too. I'll be posting things again next week.
posted by Ken Wedding @ 6:10 AM
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