Word Of The Day. 12/03/12-12/07/12.

1.Effervescent
1. High-spirited; vivacious; lively.
2. Effervescing; bubbling.
Origin:
Effervescent originated as a French verb in the 1650s meaning, 'the action of boiling up' (as in water), though it did not assume its figurative meaning relating to personality until 1748.
She has a lively, bubbly, effervescent personality.

2. Pontificate
1. To speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner.
2. To perform the office or duties of a pontiff.
3. To serve as a bishop, especially in a Pontifical Mass.
noun:
1. The office or term of office of a pontiff.
Origin:
Originating from the Latin pontificatus, meaning 'to speak in the manner of a pontiff,' pontificate fell into common usage in 1825.
My husband loves to pontificate on any subject, regardless of whether or not he knows what he's talking about.

3. Erinaceous
1. Of the hedgehog kind or family.
Origin:
Erinaceous originates from the Latin ērināceus for hedgehog, followed by the suffix -ous referring to the possession of a quality.
At times even more ruthless, their erinaceous fingernails used as claws, as dangerous as any blade.

4. Quench
1. To slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
2. To put out or extinguish (fire, flames, etc.).
3. To cool suddenly by plunging into a liquid, as in tempering steel by immersion in water.
4. To subdue or destroy; overcome; quell: to quench an uprising.
5. Electronics. To terminate (the flow of electrons in a vacuum tube) by application of a voltage.
Origin:
Quench originates from the old English cwincan, meaning 'to go out, to be extinguished.
Foul water will quench fire as well as fair.

5. Howdah
1. (In the East Indies) a seat or platform for one or more persons, commonly with a railing and a canopy, placed on the back of an elephant.
Origin:
Howdah has both Hindi and Arabic origins, both referring to the load carried by an elephant or camel: haudah in Hindi, and haudaj in Arabic.
Now she made a picture of an elephant, with four lines for the howdah, in which was seated a princess wearing a crown.