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The
word of the day for September 4th is ecstatic, spelled e-c-s-t-a-t-i-c.
Ecstatic is an adjective that means “of,
relating to, or marked by rapturous delight.
” Here’s the word used in a sentence “Naomi's face was ecstatic as she accepted first prize in the essay contest.
” The word "Ecstatic" has been used in our language since at least 1590, and the noun "ecstasy" is even
older, dating from the 1300s. Both derive from the Greek verb "existanai" ,meaning "to put out
of place", which was used in a
Greek phrase meaning "to drive someone out of his or her mind." That
seems an appropriate history for words that can describe someone who is nearly
out of his or her mind with intense emotion. In early
use, "ecstatic" was
sometimes linked to mystic trances, out-of-body experiences, and temporary
madness. Today, however, it most typically implies a state of enthusiastic
excitement or intense happiness. I’m Peter Sokolowski with your word of the day.

Inimitable is an adjective that means “not
capable of being imitated, matchless”
Here’s the word used from an article by Verne
Gay in Newsday of Long Island, New York.
For decades after 60 Minutes launched in
1968, Wallace was arguably the best-known news figure on television, after
Walter Cronkite. Wallace was to 'the interview' what Cronkite had been to the
anchor chair—an authority figure with an inimitable style
that was both aggressive and seductive.
Something that is inimitable is, literally, not able to be imitated. In actual
usage the word describes things so uniquely extraordinary as to not be copied
or equaled, which is why
you often hear it used to praise outstanding talents or performances. (The
antonym "imitable" describes things that are common or ordinary and
could easily be replicated or surpassed.) "Inimitable" derives via
Middle English from Latin "inimitabilis." Be careful not to confuse
it with "inimical" or "inimicable," two adjectives meaning
hostile or harmful; those words derive from the same Latin root that gave us
"enemy" ("inimicus").

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