Sunday, August 20, 2006

long lost word of the day

ersatz

Pronunciation: 'er-"säts, -"zäts, er-'; '&r-"sats
Function: adjective
Etymology: German ersatz-, from Ersatz, noun, substitute
: being a usually artificial and inferior substitute or imitation (ersatz turf) (ersatz intellectuals)
- ersatz noun

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