Visual Thesaurus Word of the Day: reverend

9/2/2013

All Fall Down Word of the Day

reverend

If you like being revered you might consider becoming a reverend, just as a number wanting to be divided may become a dividend. The intersection is the common word endings which derive from Latin —endus, a gerundive marker that typically expresses the fitness or necessity of the action to be performed. Reverend debuted in English as an adjective meaning “worthy of reverence.” The noun came later.

(Visual Thesaurus Magazine)