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Word of the day May 22
The Word of the Day for May 22 is:
meritorious • \meh-ruh-TOR-ee-us\ • (adjective) worthy of reward, gratitude, honor, or esteem
A little more information about today’s word:
People who demonstrate meritorious behavior certainly "earn" our respect, and you can use that fact to remember that "meritorious" ultimately traces to the Latin verb "merere," which means "to earn." Nowadays, the rewards earned for meritorious acts are likely to be of an immaterial nature: gratitude, admiration, praise, etc. But that wasn't always so. The history of "meritorious" recalls a reward more concrete in nature: money. The Latin word "meritorius," an ancestor of the English "meritorious," literally means "bringing in money."
My sentence:
Each year, the city presents a Citizen of the Year award to the person who local officials feel has done the most meritorious work on behalf of the community.
Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition.
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