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Word of the day May 20
The Word of the Day for May 20 is:
qua • \KWAH\ • (preposition) in the capacity or character of; as
A little more information about today’s word:
Which way? Who? No, we’re not paraphrasing lines from the old Abbott and Costello routine "Who’s on First"; we’re referring to the etymology of "qua," a term that comes to us from Latin. It can be translated as "which way" or "as" and it is a derivative of the Latin "qui," meaning "who." "Qua" has been serving English in the capacity of a preposition since the 17th century. It’s a learned but handy little word that led one 20th-century usage writer to comment: "Qua is sometimes thought affected or pretentious, but it does convey meaning economically."
My sentence:
My physician qua friend suggested that a sabbatical would be good for both my mental and physical health.
Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition.
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