victual

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The Word of the Day for November 22 is:=20

victual   \VIT-ul\   noun
          1 : food usable by people
    *2 plural : supplies of food : provisions

Example sentence:
          The small grocery on the corner sells meat, bread, fruit, and =
other victuals at prices that rival those of the big supermarkets.

Did you know?
          If you=E2=80=99re hungry for the story behind =E2=80=9Cvictual=
,=E2=80=9D get ready to dig into a rich and fulfilling history. The word=
 derives via Middle English and Anglo-French from the Latin noun =E2=80=9C=
victus,=E2=80=9D meaning =E2=80=9Cnourishment=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Cway o=
f living.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CVictus=E2=80=9Dderives from the verb =E2=80=9C=
vivere,=E2=80=9D which means =E2=80=9Cto live=E2=80=9D and whichis the s=
ource of a whole smorgasbord of other English words like =E2=80=9Cvital,=
=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9Cvivid,=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Csurvive.=E2=80=9D It=E2=80=
=99s also the root of =E2=80=9Cviand,=E2=80=9D another English word refe=
rring to food. There=E2=80=99s also =E2=80=9Cvittles,=E2=80=9D a word th=
at sounds like it might be an alteration of the plural =E2=80=9Cvictuals=
=E2=80=9D but which actually entered English a century before =E2=80=9Cv=
ictual.=E2=80=9D





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