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It'S the word of the day.
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Today's Word is gallant, also pronounced gallant and sometimes galant. Gallant is spelled G A L L A N T. Gallant is an adjective. Someone or something described as gallant is very courageous and brave. Gallant is also sometimes used to mean large and impressive, as in a gallant ship, or to describe someone who has or shows politeness and respect for women. Here's the word used in a sentence from Cahokia Jazz, a novel by Frances Spuford. He turned to go and was promptly whacked across the backside by Ms. Chaffke. Ouch. He said. What was that for? She was standing up very straight and gallant, though it still left her a foot and a half shorter than him, with the office stapler ready by her hand. That was for not stopping him, she said. Was there anything else you need? Not a thing, said Barrow and tipped his hat to her. If you're familiar with the long running comic strip Goofus and Gallant, created by Gary Cleveland Myers and published in the monthly children's magazine Highlights, you likely have a particularly good sense of the meaning of the adjective gallant in the comic. The character of Goofus demonstrates to young readers all sorts of bad habits and behaviors, while Gallant provides examples of proper conduct and comportment when in circumstances similar to those of his ill mannered counterpart, the characters names were of course chosen with purpose. We record several different senses of gallant and all our compliments. Someone described as gallant may be smartly dressed, courteous and chivalrous, or valiant and brave. Goofus, bless his heart, is none of these things. While we do not define the adjective goofus, the Oxford English Dictionary does with stupid, foolish. Perhaps ironically, gallant comes from the Middle French verb galet, meaning to squander in pleasures. Such squandering is something Goofus is likely to do and gallant never would with your word of the day. I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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