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Word of the day April 22
The Word of the Day for April 22 is:
revenant • \REH-vuh-nunt\ • (noun) one that returns after death or a long absence
A little more information about today’s word:
Frightening or friendly, the classic revenant is a ghost, a spectre returning from the dead. Sir Walter Scott, in his novel the Fair Maid of Perth used it that way in 1828, in one of the earliest uses of the word in English. Somewhat chillingly he wrote, "Nor of taking the fatal leap, had my revenant the slightest recollection." We borrowed "revenant" from the French, who created it from their verb "revenir," which means simply "to return" (as does its Latin ancestor, "revenire"). Later we appended a more earthly meaning; a revenant can be any flesh-and-blood returnee when we use it simply to mean a person who shows up after a long absence.*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
My sentence:
The play is about a family of revenants who come back to their ancestral home after years of political exile.
Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition.
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