Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Wednesday Word: Spoor

spoor |spoŏr; spô(ə)r|nounthe track or scent of an animal : they searched around the hut for a spoor | the trail is marked by wolf spoor.verb [ trans. ]follow the track or scent of (an animal or person) :taking the spear, he set off to spoor the man.DERIVATIVESspoorer nounORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch spor, of Germanic origin.

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  1. diveOctober 7, 2012 at 11:34 AM

    Spoor was one of my favourite characters in Brazil (the insane duct repair man played by Bob Hoskins, who met such an execrable end at the hands of Robert de Niro).

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    1. Lou HarperOctober 7, 2012 at 1:50 PM

      I didn't remember that. Thanks for reminding me. Execrable is a good word too.

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