Word-Wise. Terminus

Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 30, 2007

terminus \TUR-muh-nuhs\, noun:

1. The finishing point; the end.
2. A boundary; a border; a limit.
3. A post or stone marking a boundary.
4. Either end of a railroad or other transportation line; also, the station house, town, or city at that place.

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I am at a terminus of patience this week.

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I am still a few weeks a way from the terminus of my semester.  *sigh*  Still so much work to be done.

~Zoo

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The train pulled into the terminus terminal at the terminus of the day.
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I am at the terminus of my youth... Arrggggh!