Habibi House – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Before Al Gore invented the internet, it wasn’t easy for logophiles (lovers of words) like me to figure out what some words meant. “Lover of words,” in my case was an understatement. I was obsessed about learning every new word–its etymology (origin, definition and context, even what it used to mean) I came across. It’s a wonder my parents (both educators) didn’t put this precocious, pedantic child up for adoption. Dictionaries were of little help as their content was mostly limited to English words. The Velazquez dictionary was helpful when I wanted to learn a new Spanish word, but that, too, was limiting. Alas, no comprehensive resource seemed to exist to sate my curiosity. Here’s an example of my dilemma. The…
