Tuesday, 11 May 2010

I learned a new word today,* Basie

roué, n. - named for the determinedly irresponsible friendship circle of the Duc d'Orleans' (c.1720), every member of which, he said, deserved to be broken on the wheel.

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* actually, a new etymology. Alas, I was already all-too familiar with the word  :s

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