Word of the Day for Thursday, January 28, 2010
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machination \mack-uh-NAY-shuhn; mash-\, noun:
machination \mack-uh-NAY-shuhn; mash-\, noun:
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1. The act of plotting.
1. The act of plotting.
2. A crafty scheme; a cunning design or plot intended to accomplish some usually evil end.
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The B.O.'s State of the Union address last night was nothing more than a furtherance of his own socialist machinations!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Machination derives from Latin machinatio, "a contrivance, a cunning device, a machination," from machinari, "to contrive, to devise, especially to plot evil." It is related to machine, from Latin machina, "any artificial contrivance for performing work." To machinate is to devise a plot, or engage in plotting. One who machinates is a machinator.
Machination derives from Latin machinatio, "a contrivance, a cunning device, a machination," from machinari, "to contrive, to devise, especially to plot evil." It is related to machine, from Latin machina, "any artificial contrivance for performing work." To machinate is to devise a plot, or engage in plotting. One who machinates is a machinator.
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