Definition: (adjective) Deficient in amount or quality or extent. Synonyms: scrimpy, stingy. Usage: So meager were their trappings that they were practically naked; a fact that was in no way remarkable among the tillers of the fields of Mars. Discuss

© Erhard Horst Bellermann(*1937), deutscher Bauingenieur, Dichter und Aphoristiker

noun: 1. Enthusiastic approval or praise. 2. A strikingly brilliant display or effect. 3. Notable success.

Definition: (noun) The floor just above the ground floor of a building. Synonyms: mezzanine. Usage: While waiting for our room to be prepared, we sat down for a cup of coffee in the entresol of the hotel. Discuss

Wer immer tut, was er schon kann, bleibt immer das, was er schon ist. Henry FordGründer von Ford1863 – 1947

© Melanie Fechner(*1985), deutsche Philosophin

Definition: (verb) Force or drive back. Synonyms: drive back, fight off, rebuff, repel. Usage: The soldiers are armed and prepared to repulse any attack. Discuss

© Hartmut Weinhold(*1957), deutscher ehrenamtlicher Einsatzleiter bei den Grünen Damen und Herren, Sparkassenbetriebswirt und Gelegenheits-Aphoristiker

Definition: (verb) Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property. Synonyms: lift. Usage: At the beginning of the semester, the teacher warned her students not to plagiarize their reports because she would find out and fail them. Discuss

Jacob Grimm(1785 – 1863), Jacob Ludwig Carl, dt. Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftler, gilt als Begründer der deutschen Philologie und Altertumswissenschaft; Veröffentlichungen gemeinsam mit seinem Bruder Wilhelm als “Brüder Grimm” (z.B. “Kinder- und Hausmärchen”). Beide waren auch politisch aktiv und traten für Ihre Ideale in Reden und Artikeln ein

adverb: In general; on the whole.

Definition: (adjective) Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation. Synonyms: brainish, impetuous, tearaway, hotheaded, impulsive. Usage: This madcap quest of mine, was it not understood between us…to be a fantastic whim, a poetical wild-goose chase, conceived entirely as an excuse for being some time in each other's company? Discuss

Es ist so leicht, andere, und so schwierig, sich selbst zu belehren. Oscar WildeIrischer Dramatiker und Schriftsteller1854 – 1900

Wilhelm Busch(1832 – 1908), deutscher Zeichner, Maler und Schriftsteller

noun: 1. The beam along the length of the base of a ship or boat on which the frame is built. 2. A fin-like structure on the bottom of a hull, improving stability. verb tr., intr.: To capsize, collapse, or fall.