Entries Categorized as 'word of the day'

VSC: The Last Day

January 28, 2010

Wow. I can’t believe it’s over. My last day at Vermont Studio Center.
So much to say but my head is utterly pounding and the thoughts in my brain a-jumble — anxiety about travel tomorrow, the strange ritual of packing up after 5 weeks away, the  goodbyes to dozens of wonderful people. What is there to [...]

Usufruct

July 12, 2009

Merriam-Webster’s
Word of the Day

July 12
usufruct
\YOO-zuh-frukt\  

noun

Meaning

*1 : the legal right of using and enjoying the fruits or profits of something belonging to another
2 : the right to use or enjoy something
Example Sentence

Dorothy’s will bequeathed one-third of her estate to her husband; the remaining two-thirds was bequeathed to him as a lifetime usufruct, later [...]