Saturday, June 16, 2007

WORD A DAY

MENAGERIE: 1: a collection of wild animals especially for exhibition 2: a varied mixture

In both English and French, a menage is a household. Back in the days of Middle French, menagerie meant "the management of a household or farm" or "a place where animals are tended." By the 1670s, English had adopted the word but dropped its housekeeping aspects, applying it specifically to the places where circuses and other exhibitions kept show animals. Later, the word was generalized to any varied mixture, especially one that includes things that are strange or foreign to one's experience.

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