Speech and Debate
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Word of the Day 2-16-2012
Mammonism:
1.
The
greedy
pursuit
of
riches.
Origin:
Mammonism
is
an
odd
combination
of
Aramaic
and
Greek.
The
word
mammon
meant
wealth
in
Aramaic,
and
the
suffix
-ism
forms
a
noun
from
a
verb,
as
in
criticism
and
plagiarism.
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