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smithereens
Aug. 25th, 2009 07:40 amsmithereens - pl.n., fragments or small bits.
Especially when considered as a whole. Always plural. Not an especially unusual word, I admit, but I still think it's pretty good. Dates from the 1820s, from Irish English, from Gaelic smidirÃnÃ, diminutive of smiodar, fragment -- broken not just into fragments but a little fragments.
---L.
Especially when considered as a whole. Always plural. Not an especially unusual word, I admit, but I still think it's pretty good. Dates from the 1820s, from Irish English, from Gaelic smidirÃnÃ, diminutive of smiodar, fragment -- broken not just into fragments but a little fragments.
---L.
