A man speaks frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!"
"Is this her first child?" the doctor queries.
"No, you idiot!" the man shouts. "This is her husband!"
- freedom or authority to act according to one's judgement. use one's discretion act according to one's own judgement. discretionary adj. [latin: related to *discern]
DISCURSIVE
adj. Tending to digress, rambling. [latin curro curs- run]
DISEMBOWEL
v. (-ll-; us -l-) remove the bowels or entrails of. disembowelment n.
DISENCHANT
v. Disillusion. disenchantment n.
DISHABILLE
var. Of *deshabille.
DISHARMONY
n. Lack of harmony; discord. disharmonious adj.
DISHEARTEN
v. Cause to lose courage, hope, or confidence. disheartenment n.
DISHEVELED
adj. (brit. Dishevelled) untidy; ruffled. dishevelment n. [from *dis-, chevel ‘hair’, from latin capillus]
