�anophistograph

Not everything comes from the Greek, Elderberrywine!

Not �Woad�, (a blue dye for the body used by the Celtic tribes as a very inexpensive uniform); not �fitba� (football), a game invented to avoid the extortionate fees charged by Leisure Centres); nor �the sandwich�, (a cheap, portable alternative to 3 hours spent in a Taverna - ταβέρνα).

These half-a-dozen examples indicate the fertile, forward-thinking, fecund minds of the Ancient Brits!

How?

You simply have to attend any modern sporting event and you will see all three --- football; sandwiches; and painted faces.

Need I say more?

These Rhetorical Questions and their Answers act as crumbs of knowledge to Members who try to satisfy the screaming waves of linguistic thirst experienced deep in their wandering hearts.  (I have deliberately introduced mixed similes here, in order to confuse the �baby swans� amongst you --- the cynics!)

Some Members find �Word of the Day� stupidly uninteresting!

To others, it is a light-hearted interlude, during the back-breaking, boring, dreary, difficult, frustrating, infuriating life surrounding �Teaching�, which ... in other respects ... is very enjoyable.

Everyone has different tastes.  As the French say: �Chacun a son go�t�,  or �Gout affects different people differently�.

To conclude: anophistograph is of Germanic origin.

You have all heard of the British academic qualification, Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy), Greek διδάκτωρ φιλοσοφίας, Latin philosophiae doctor, (�Doctor of the Love of Wisdom�).

But, how many of you have heard of a Ph.I ?  This is: �The love of I, ego, me� -narcissistic; egotistical; self-centred.

Anophistograph: �A no� = Norse, used to this day in Newcastle, �I know�; �PhI� = �self-centred�; �sto�, Greek στο = �on�; �graph� = German, �Graf�, a noble rank, (�count�).

�Anophistograph�

�You can count on people being self-centred ... I know!�

Les

Unfortunately, not many people participated in the search for a definition of 

 anophistograph

 First of all, here is what the word really means:

 Anything that has writing on just one side of it (usually paper, but it can also be fabric that has print on one side only) 

 I liked Giovanni�s short, simple explanation best and therefore declare him the winner.