Word of the Day
- Withering but not falling off, as a blossom that persists on a twig after flowering.
The word 'marcescent' comes from a Latin word meaning 'to wither'.
Quote of the DayToday the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth.
- Cyril Connolly (1903 - 1974)