Thursday, June 4, 2009

Word of the Week 5

Men∙hir \ ‘men-,hir\ n:

a single upright rough monolith usually of prehistoric origin. [1]

Where first seen or heard: The Adventures of Asterix (series of comic strips)

When: Mid-1990s

Usage in a sentence: “Jawaad fondly remembered Obelix tossing a menhir or two at the Romans when the word came up in the National Spelling Bee.”

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[1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/menhir



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