Word of the day

[desperance]

Properispomenon: a word with the circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable. Of course the Greeks had a word for it. And I am sure that in Greek, the word would indeed have a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable. Why miss the opportunity?

And yes, I am working, thank you. I was looking up propeller, just to confirm that I had indeed been spelling it wrong all these years.

And now I need want another of these delicious chapatis.