Monday, July 23, 2007

Oddball Word of the Day

akimbo (ah-KIHM-boh) adj., adv. (of the arms) bent outward at the elbow when the hands are on the hips, as "she stood, arms akimbo, and demanded to know why I'd come."

(from the guide to MMMW edited by Laurence Urdang)

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