[Hartwood] Sept 8 word of the day: GALLANT

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I like that one!

And I -may- have an answer... regale?

Halima
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Sat 08 Sep 2012 09:49:06 AM PDT, quoting John Mail <lionsgater at yahoo.com>:

>  
>    Word of the Day
>  
> September 8
>  
> gallant\GAL-unt\
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> adjective
>  
> 1 : showy in dress or bearing : smart
>  
> 2 a : splendid, stately
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>   b : spirited, brave
>  
>   c : nobly chivalrous and often self-sacrificing
>  
> 3 : courteously and elaborately attentive especially to ladies
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>  
>  
>    The climbers made agallant attempt but failed to reach the summit  
> of the great mountain.
>  
> "Every year, crowds massed to watch a vivid reenactment of the 1777  
> Battle of Germantown, George Washington's gallant but failed attack  
> on British troops holed up at Cliveden." ? From an article by  
> Stephan Salisbury in The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 3, 2012
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>  
>  
>    In the late 14th century, Middle English adopted "galaunt" (now  
> spelled "gallant") from Middle French "galant," a participial form  
> of the verb "galer," meaning "to have a good time." This origin is  
> more apparent in the earliest uses of the English "gallant," both as  
> a noun meaning "a man of fashion" and as an adjective meaning  
> "marked by show, color, smartness, or splendor especially in dress."  
> French "galer" is related to "gale" ("pleasure, merrymaking") which  
> has also entered the language, by way of Italian, as "gala" ("a  
> festive celebration"). Middle English also had a noun "gale" which  
> meant "singing, merriment, or mirth" (and is unrelated to the "gale"  
> used to indicate a strong current of air) which may also have been  
> related to Old French "gale."
>  
> Word Family Quiz: What descendant of "galer" can mean "to give  
> pleasure or amusement to"? The answer is ?