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Today's Word "opportune"

Suitable for a given purpose or occasion on

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opportune \op-uhr-TOON; -TYOON\ (adjective) - Suitable for a given purpose or occasion; timely.

"O lesson opportune, O how I welcome thee!" -- Walt Whitman, 'Leaves of Grass'

 

Opportune is from Latin opportunus, from ob portum, "toward port." For travelers at sea who wish to return to land, it's a welcome wind that blows toward the port.


 

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