Word of the Day: UBIQUARIAN


ETYMOLOGY
from Latin ubique (wherever, anywhere, everywhere) + -arian


PRONUNCIATION
yoo-buh-KWAIR-ee-uhn


EXAMPLE (for adj. 1)
“…Tho’ detestable the place,
Mean the lodgings, small and base,
Tho’ the crowded hoy pours forth
Company of little worth,
Coach or chariot, tho’ there’s none,
Rattling thro’ the fishing town,
Yet, Maria, yet, my fair,
Happiness shalt find us here:
Happiness our friend shall be,
Ubiquerian deity!
…”

From: The Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Chronicle
Volume XXXII, 1762
Happiness Every Where
Occasioned by a fair Lady’s condemning the Author’s choice of Margate, for a Place of Entertainment

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