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Carolyn Schaffner <drsnooks@buffnet.net>
Sat, 26 Apr 2003 06:22:17 -0400
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Carolyn Schaffner in Buffalo, NY
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The Word of the Day for Apr 26 is:

yeasty \YEE-stee\ adjective

1 : of, relating to, or resembling yeast : having the froth of yeast or
one suggesting it
2 a : immature, unsettled *b : marked by change c : full of vitality d :
frivolous

Example sentence:
"In that yeasty time in the mid-sixties when I went to work as a reporter 
in Paris, the world was about to pop," wrote Raymond Sokolov in his book 
Why We Eat What We Eat.

Did you know?
The word "yeast" has existed in English for as long as the language has 
existed. Spellings have varied over time ? in Middle English it was "yest" 
and in Old English "gist" or "geist" ? but the word's meaning has remained 
basically the same for centuries. in its earliest documented uses, "yeast" 
referred to a creamy or yellowish froth that forms on the top of fermented 
beverages such as beers or ales (not surprising, given that one of the 
first commercial uses of yeast was in the preparation of such drinks), and 
that sense is still used today. In its first documented English uses in the 
1500s, the adjective "yeasty" described people or things with a similarly 
yellowish or frothy appearance.

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.