Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Word of the Day ~ Nestor

nestor


PRONUNCIATION:
(NES-tuhr)             

MEANING:
noun: A wise old man.

ETYMOLOGY:
>From Nestor, king of Pylos, who was the oldest and wisest of the Greeks and served as a counselor in the Trojan War. Earliest documented use: around 1510. 
 
 
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
That sorrow which is the harbinger of joy is preferable to the joy which is followed by sorrow. -Saadi, poet (c.1213-1291)


2 comments:

Ken said...

I would like to be one of these some day... in due time, of course.

Julia Mist DJune said...

You are well on your way ~ you are already very wise and well you know there is one gray hair :)hehehe