"We"re going to play elephants and circuses," - said a little boy at kindergarten, "Do you want to join in?"
"I"d love to," - replied the teacher. "What do you want me to do?"
"You can be the lady that feeds us peanuts!"
n. Plant of the buttercup family, with vividly-coloured flowers. [greek, = wind-flower]
ANEROID
—adj. (of a barometer) measuring air-pressure by its action on the lid of a box containing a vacuum. —n. Aneroid barometer. [greek a- not, neros water]
ANGELIC
adj. Of or like an angel. angelically adv.
ANGELUS
n. - roman catholic prayers commemorating the incarnation, said at morning, noon, and sunset.
- bell announcing this. [latin angelus domini (= the angel of the lord), opening words]
