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Oct. 2,2009 I The Clarion A ^ * II _ Page 7 Miscellaneous ^esquipebalian i^iterarp ^ocietp's Jfibe ©ollar Worh of tf)e Week Defenestration [dee-fen-uh-strey-shuh n] -noun -the act of throwing a thing or esp. a person out of a window. Word Origin & History: 1620, “the action of throwing out of a window,” from L. fenestra “window.” A word invented for one incident: the “Defenestration of Prague,” May 21, 1618, when two Catholic deputies to the Bohemian national assembly and a secretary were tossed out the window (into a moat) of the castle of Hradshin by Protestant radicals. It marked the start of the Thirty Years War. Some linguists link fenestra with Gk. verb phainein “to show;” others see in it an Etruscan borrowing, based on the suffix -(s)tra, as in L. loan-words aplustre “the carved stern of a ship with its ornaments,” genista “the plant broom,” lanista “trainer of gladiators.” Comic by Karam Boeshaar DAX AND KEVJJvJ- &revo^rJ^ foothoX\^ O ^AHA HAHAo. Oood^ one. tKlf NA/OJ^^ Tird of owr typoes? Bored with the article content? Generally dissat isfied with the school newspaper? Share your two cents with us and come join the staff of The Clarion! We are currently looking for students who want to contribute articles, help copy edit or just help in general with the production of the paper! The Clarion Staff meets at 12:30 on mondays. Please contact Dr. John Padgett for more information about the newspaper.
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