Word of the Day for Friday, November 14, 2008
ensconced \en-SKONST\, adjective:
1. sheltered comfortably and firmly
2. sheltered safely; hidden
Only when he was firmly ensconced in the President's office, with the reins of power in his hands, did B.O. begin to discuss his true agenda with his closest allies.-- Adapted from Stephen Coonts, Fortunes of War
by 1590, "to cover with a fort," from en- "make, put in" + sconce "small fortification, shelter," probably from Dutch schans "earthwork"
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