Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Wordsmith Wednesdays

Root:

clarus - (Latin) adj - clear, bright

Derivatives:

clarion - a trumpet producing clear, sharp, shrill tones; to announce clearly or loudly

clarify - to make clear by removing impurities; to make easier to understand

clarity - the quality or condition of being clear

Sentences, please.

2 comments:

jennifer h said...

Clarion calls from the castle pronounced the coming of the king.

Sorry, using all of these seems a bit redundant.

Bonus tidbit, also another sentence: I was the editor of my college yearbook, and it was called the Clarion.

"Mr. Dad" said...

With great clarity, the Declaration of Independence made the clarion call for the people's liberation from those long-endured tyrannical experiences clarified and instituted by a now distant monarchy.