For those who have not yet heard, the winning word of this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee was "
Laodicean," which is defined by
freedictionary.com as: "of or relating to Laodicea, or indifferent in matters of religion."
Congratulations to Kavya Shivashankar, the 13-year-old winner from Olathe, Kansas. Excellent job.
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On a separate note, one of the earlier words in the finals was "brachyology," which sounds a lot like the word "bracketology" of which I have previously
posted.
A brachyology is defined by
reference.com as: a figure of speech that is an abbreviated expression. An example is the omission of "good" in "good morning."
