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 Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:49 pm
candidate • KAN-duh-dayt • noun
*1 : one that aspires to or is nominated or qualified for an office, membership, or award
2 : one likely or suited to undergo or be chosen for something specified
3 : a student in the process of meeting final requirements for a degree
Example Sentence:
Voters will have several appealing candidates to choose from in this election.
Did you know?
When a person running for public office in ancient Rome greeted voters in the Forum, the center of judicial and public business, he wore a toga that had been whitened with chalk. As a result, the Latin word for someone seeking office came to be "candidatus," meaning literally "clothed in white." "Candidatus," in turn, comes from the adjective "candidus," meaning "white." "Candidatus" was adopted into English as "candidate" at the beginning of the 17th century.
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:47 am
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:09 am
Very interesting.
Candid then as being honest and open is related to wearing white.
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:59 pm
OMG June 28th was my brithday and the day that I just got back from Italy and I was a 12 hr flight and it took forever!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:00 pm
oh and nice word of the day heart
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