8 December 2011

Oleaster

My post tonight was inspired by a text I (almost) sent to my friend... As we were bantering away by SMS my iPhone decided to change my spelling of pleasure to oleaster (pronounced oh-le-AS-ter).  Fortunately, I noticed the autocorrect and changed it back to pleasure.

An oleaster is an ornamental shrub or small tree.

Etymology:
Oleaster is a Latin word derived from the olea meaning olive or olive-tree.

2 comments:

  1. the suffix "aster" means an incomplete resemblance. It is mostly used in a pejorative sense.

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