Sunday, April 8, 2018

Merriam-Webster Word of the Day - Bastion

bastion Audio pronunciation
noun | BAS-chun  
Definition
:
a projecting part of a fortification
:
a fortified area or position
3
:
a place of security or survival

:
a place dominated by a particular group or marked by a particular characteristic
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Bastion is constructed of etymological building blocks that are very similar to those of bastille (a word now used as a general term for a prison, but probably best known as the name of the Parisian fortress-turned-prison stormed by an
angry mob at the start of the French Revolution). The history of bastion can be traced through Middle French to the Old Italian verb bastire, which means "to build." Bastille descends from the Old Occitan verb bastir, which also means "to build." Bastir and bastire are themselves of Germanic origin and akin to the Old High German word besten, meaning "to patch."
Examples of BASTION
"For a century, the automobile has been a bastion of liberty, freeing up almost everybody from the tyranny of other people's schedules."
Charles C. W. Cooke, The National Review, 18 Dec. 2017
"… pets have become a tolerated extension of their owners, accompanying them everywhere they go. It was only a matter of time before spas and resorts followed suit. These latest animal-friendly bastions go out of their way to offer cosseted companions an experience as luxurious as the ones enjoyed by their human escorts."
Chloe Malle, Vogue, January 2018
Name That Synonym
Unscramble the letters to create a synonym of bastion in the sense of "a place dominated by a particular group or characteristic": AIECLTD.
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