Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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bailiwick \BAY-luh-wik\, noun:
bailiwick \BAY-luh-wik\, noun:
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1. A person's specific area of knowledge, authority, interest, skill, or work.
1. A person's specific area of knowledge, authority, interest, skill, or work.
2. The office or district of a bailiff.
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Leadership is not the B.O.'s bailiwick!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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I'll give it a try, but this is not my bailiwick.-- Sue Grafton, 'L' Is for Lawless
I'll give it a try, but this is not my bailiwick.-- Sue Grafton, 'L' Is for Lawless
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He "professed ignorance, as of something outside my bailiwick."-- Marc Aronson, "Wharton and the House of Scribner: The Novelist as a Pain in the Neck", New York Times, January 2, 1994
He "professed ignorance, as of something outside my bailiwick."-- Marc Aronson, "Wharton and the House of Scribner: The Novelist as a Pain in the Neck", New York Times, January 2, 1994
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Fund-raising was Cliff's bailiwick, anyway, and he seemed to have it in hand.-- Curt Sampson, The Masters
Fund-raising was Cliff's bailiwick, anyway, and he seemed to have it in hand.-- Curt Sampson, The Masters
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Bailiwick comes from Middle English baillifwik, from baillif, "bailiff" (ultimately from Latin bajulus, "porter, carrier") + wik, "town," from Old English wic, from Latin vicus, "village."
Bailiwick comes from Middle English baillifwik, from baillif, "bailiff" (ultimately from Latin bajulus, "porter, carrier") + wik, "town," from Old English wic, from Latin vicus, "village."
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